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Anatomy - Head and Neck > Week 1: Station 1 - The Bony Skull General Features > Flashcards

Week 1: Station 1 - The Bony Skull General Features Flashcards

1
Q

What is the most common type of joint in the skull?

A

Sutural (fibrous)

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What are the three divisions of the bony skull?

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  • The neuro cranium
  • The facial skull (viscera cranium)
  • Mandible
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3
Q

What are the three parts of a skull bone?

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  • Periosteum
  • Compact (cortical) bone
  • Spongy (trabecular) bone
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4
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Which part of the skull bone houses red marrow?

A

Trabecular bone

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5
Q

Identify the coloured parts

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6
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Identify the labels

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  1. Frontal bone
  2. Parietal bone
  3. Occipital bone
  4. Temporal bone
  5. Sphenoid bone
  6. Zygomatic bone
  7. Mandible
  8. Maxilla
  9. Vomer (inf. nasal concha)
  10. Nasal bone
  11. Lacrimal bone
  12. Ethmoid bone
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7
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What’s this and what bones form it?

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Coronal Suture

  • Frontal and parietal
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8
Q

What’s this and what bones form it?

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Lambdoid

  • Parietal and occipital
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9
Q

What’s this and what bones form it?

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Occipitomastoid suture

  • Occipital and temporal (mastoid part)
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10
Q

Identify the sagittal suture and what bones form it

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2.

  • Left and right parietal bone
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11
Q

What type of bones is the facial skull (viscera cranium) made up of?

A

Irregular bones

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12
Q

Which bones form the zygomatic arch?

A
  • Temporal
  • Zygomatic
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13
Q

Which bone is the styloid process part of?

A

Temporal

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14
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Which bone are the occipital condyles a part of?

A

Occipital

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15
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What are the three fossae that divide up the floor of the skull?

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  • Anterior cranial fossa
  • Middle cranial fossa
  • Posterioir cranial fossa
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16
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Study the diagram of the sphenoid bone and look for

  • Greater wing
  • Lesser wing
  • Pituitary fossa
  • Body
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17
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18
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  1. Cribriform plate
  2. Crista galli
  3. Anterior cranial fossa
  4. Optic canal
  5. Foramen rotundum
  6. Foramen ovale
  7. Foramen spinosum
  8. Foramen lacerum
  9. Sella turcica
  10. Foramen magnum
  11. Hypoglossal canal
  12. Jugular foramen
  13. Internal acoustic meatus
  14. Superior orbital fissure
  15. Incisive foramen
  16. Inferior orbital fissure
  17. Palantine foramen
  18. Pterygoid plate
  19. Condylar foramen
  20. Stylomastoid foramen
  21. Carotid canal
  22. Styloid process
  23. Zygomatic arch
  24. Mastoid process
  25. Occipital condyle
  26. Mandibular fossa
  27. External occipital protuberance
19
Q

plagiarised this quiz

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but very useful

A
20
Q

What are the two structures that pass through the foramen magnum?

A

Spinal cord

Right and left vertebral arteries

21
Q

What are the three ear ossicles?

A
  • Malleus
  • Incus
  • Stapes
22
Q

Which part of the temporal bone houses the ear ossicles?

A

Petrous part of the temporal bone

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