Anatomy Lab 6 - Regional Anatomy Flashcards
What is the bony projection posterior to the joint of the mandible?
Mastoid Process
What is the skull cap known as?
Calvaria
How do the flat bones of the skull and face develop?
Intramembranous ossification
How does the base of the skull develop?
Endochondral ossification
Where is the frontal bone on your skull? (Point to it on yourself)
It is the unpaired bone of the forehead and extends to the roof of each orbit (eye socket)
Where is the parietal bone on your skull?
It is the largest bone on the top of the head.
Where is the temporal bone?
On the side of the head, around the ear canal.
Where is the occipital bone?
It is the unpaired bone of the back of the head. Partly at the base of the skull with the foramen magnum.
Where if the zygomatic bone?
Cheeks
Where is the maxilla?
Upper jaw
What is the name of the bone that is connected to the frontal, parietal, temporal and zygomatic bone?
Sphenoid
Name an obvious muscle of the neck and what it is attached to.
Sternocleidomastoid. Lower end at the sternum/clavicle, upper end at the mastoid process.
What is the U-shaped bone in the neck? What is so special about it?
It’s called the hyoid bone, and it doesn’t form a joint with any other bone in the body.
What muscle has two muscula bellies, with an intermediate tendon attached to the hyoid bone?
Digastric muscle
What is the connective tissue sheath that wraps around the carotid artery, veins (internal jugular) and nerves (vagus)?
Carotid sheath