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The Skull
Parts of the skull
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
06/23/2014

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The vertex
Definition
Highest point of the skull on saggital structure
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Bregma

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Definition
At the junction of sagittal and frontal structures
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Glabella
Definition
Medium elevation between eyebrows (surpraciliary arches)
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Nasion

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Definition
At the junction of internasal and frontonasal sutures
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Pterion

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Definition
  • Marks the anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery
  • A circular area formed by the junction of the frontal bone, sphenoid bone, pareital, and squamous part of temporal bone
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Lambda
Definition

At the junction of the lamboid and sagittal sutures

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Pareital bone
Definition
Paired bones on top of the skull
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Temporal bone
Definition
Paired bones below pareital on the side of the skull
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Zygomatic
Definition
Paired cheek bones
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Nasal bone
Definition
Paired bones forming bridge of nose
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Lacrimal bone
Definition

Paired bones on the medial wall of the orbit

 

Term
Inferior concha bone
Definition
Paired bones on lower part of nasal cavity
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Definition
Inferior concha bone (bones at lower part of nasal cavity)
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Lacrimal bones (on the medial wall of the orbit)
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Definition
Zygomatic bones (cheek bones)
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Palatine bones
Definition
Paired bones on the posterior part of hard palate
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Definition
Palatine bones
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Maxilla bone
Definition
Paired bones forming upper jaw
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Definition
Maxilla bones
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Frontal bone
Definition
Unpaired bone of the forehead
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Definition
Frontal bone (forehead)
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Ethmoid
Definition
Unpaired bone forming medial wall of the orbit and lateral wall of the nasal cavity
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Definition
Ethmoid bone (medial wall of orbit and lateral wall of the nasal cavity)
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Occipital bone
Definition
Unpaired bone on the posterior aspect of the skull which surrounds the foramen magnum
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Sphenoid bone
Definition
An unpaired bat shaped bone, in most part located deep in the skull
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Definition
Sphenoid bone (a bat shaped bone, in most part located deep in the skull)
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Vomer
Definition
An unpaired bone forming inferior posterior part of nasal septum
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Definition
Vomer bone (forming inferior posterior part of nasal septum)
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Mandible
Definition
Lower jaw
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Sagittal suture
Definition
The place where the pareital bones are joined together
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Synchondroses
Definition
Fibrous type of joint that joins bones of the skull together
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Definition
Coronal suture (between frontal and pareital bones)
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Definition
Sagittal suture (between pareital bones)
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Coronal suture
Definition
The joining of the frontal and pareital bones
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Lambdoid suture
Definition
the place where the occipital bone is separated from the pareital and temporal bones
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Definition
Lambdoid suture (between occipital, temporal and pareital)
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External occipital protuberance
Definition
A ridge located in the midline of the posterior aspect of the skull
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Superior nuchal line
Definition
It extends laterally from external occipital protuberance and provides attachment to several muscles
Term
External/median occipital crest
Definition
It descends from the external occipital protuberance to the foramen magnum, provides attachment to ligamentum nuchae
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Inferior nuchal line
Definition
Runs laterally from midpoint of external occipital crest and provides attachment for rectus capitis posterior major and minor muscles
Term
Whats the squamous part of the temporal bone?
Definition
Zygomatic process
Term
What's the tympanic part of the temporal bone?
Definition
The external auditory meatus
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Definition
External auditory meatus
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Definition
Temporalis process of zygomatic bone
Term
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Definition
Condyle of the mandible
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Definition
Coronoid process of the mandible
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Zygomatic arch
Definition
formed by the zygomatic process of temporal bones and temporal process of zygomatic bones
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Definition
Zygomatic arch
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Definition
Temporal line (zygomatic process of frontal bone arching backwards across frontal and pareital bone)
Term
What attaches to the temporal line?
Definition
Temporalis fascia
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Pterygopalatine fossa

 

Definition
Located below the apex of the orbit, between the pretygoid plates of the sphenoid and palatine bones
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Surpaciliary arches
Definition
Extend laterally from the glabella
Term
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Definition
Supra-orbital notch
Term
What part of the zygomatic bone forms the zygomatic arch?
Definition
The temporal process
Term
What part of the maxilla contains the upper teeth?
Definition
The alveolar process
Term
The two maxillae are united in the median plane at the ________________ to form the upper jaw
Definition
Intermaxillary suture
Term
What is the triangular lower end of the symphysis menti?
Definition
Mental protuberance
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Definition
Mental protuberance (triangular lower end of symphysis menti)
Term
Mental foramen
Definition
Hole below 2nd pre-molar
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Oblique line
Definition
It runs upward and backward from mental protuberance to anterior border of ramus
Term
What part of the mandible contains the lower teeth?
Definition
Alveolar process
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Digastric fossa
Definition
Near the symphysis of the mandible
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Definition
Digastric fossa
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Definition
mandibular notch
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