Bony Landmarks and Contents of the Skull Flashcards
1
Q
Skull Bones: Paired Bones (7)
A
Parietal Temporal Zygomatic Maxilla Nasal Palatine Isferior Nasal Concha
2
Q
Skull Bones: Unpaired Bones (6)
A
Frontal Occipital Mandible Sphenoid Vomer Ethmoid
3
Q
Sutures
A
Coronal
Sagittal
Lambdoid
4
Q
External Landmarks (11)
A
Mastoid Process Styloid Process Occipital Condyle Superior Orbital Fissure Inferior Orbital Fissure Zygomatic Arch Superior Nuchal Line Inferior Nuchal Line External Acoustic Meatus Carotid Canal Foramen Magnum
5
Q
Internal Landmarks (11)
A
Anterior Cranial Fossa Middle Cranial Fossa Posterior Cranial Fossa Jugular Foramen Optic Canal Foramen Rotundum Foramen Ovale Foramen Spinosum Carotid Canal Internal Acoutic Meatus Hypoglossal Canal
6
Q
Mastoid Process
A
Attachment of:
SCM
Longissimus Capitis
Splenius Capitis
7
Q
Occipital Condyle
A
Articulates with C1 Vertabrae
8
Q
Superior Orbital Fissure
A
Cranial III, IV, V1, VI n. III = Oculumotor IV = Trochlear V =Trigeminal VI = Abducens
9
Q
Inferior Orbital Fissue
A
Cranial V2 n.
V = Trigeminal
10
Q
Superior Nuchal Line
A
Occipitalis, SCM, Trapezius
11
Q
Inferior Nuchal Line
A
Rectus Capitis Major and Minor
12
Q
Jugular Foramen
A
Internal Jugular
IX = Glossopharangeal
X = Vagus
XI = Accessory
13
Q
Optic Canal
A
Cranial II n.
II = Optic
14
Q
Foramen Rotundum
A
Cranial V2 n.
V = Trigeminal
15
Q
Foramen Ovale
A
Cranial V3 n.
V = Trigeminal
