Cranium Bones Flashcards

1
Q

forms the forehead

A

frontal

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2
Q

where sound enters and leads to the eardrum

A

external meatus

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3
Q

what suture connects the 2 parietal bones?

A

sagittal suture

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4
Q

what suture connects the frontal and parietal bone?

A

coronal suture

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5
Q

protects the brain

A

parietal

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6
Q

connects the occipital and parietal

A

lambdoid

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7
Q

protects the eyes and brain

A

frontal

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8
Q

protects the brain and ears

A

temporal

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9
Q

attaches the side of neck muscles and ligaments

A

styloid process

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10
Q

what suture connects the parietal and temporal bones?

A

squamous suture

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11
Q

forms the superior and lateral walls of the cranium

A

parietal

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12
Q

sharp needle like projection

A

styloid process

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13
Q

butterfly shaped and spans width of skull

A

sphenoid

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14
Q

provides protection to ear and eye

A

zygomatic process

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15
Q

forms a snug enclosure for the pituitary gland

A

sphenoid bone

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16
Q

forms roof of the nasal cavity

A

ethmoid bone

17
Q

forms base and back walls of the skull

A

occipital

18
Q

full of air cavities - sinuses

A

sphenoid sinuses

19
Q

allows spinal cord to connect with the brain

A

foramen magnum

20
Q

rest on the first vertebrae of the spinal column

A

occipital condyles

21
Q

joins with the cheek bone

A

zygomatic process

22
Q

medial part of the sphenoid bone

A

sella turcica

23
Q

attachment site for muscles of the neck

A

mastoid process

24
Q

forms the floor of the cranial cavity

A

occipital

25
Q

allows fibers of the the cranial nerve V to pass to the chewing muscles of the lower jaw

A

foramen ovale

26
Q

large oval opening of sphenoid bone

A

foramen ovale

27
Q

sinuses are associated with it

A

superior surface of the ethmoid

28
Q

small depression in sphenoid bone

A

sella turcica

29
Q

allows nerve fibers carrying impulses from the olfactory receptors of the nose to reach the brain

A

cribriform plates

30
Q

very irregular shape

A

ethmoid bone