AXIAL Flashcards
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skull bones, with a few exceptions, are connected by immovable joints called
sutures
what suture are found between the occipital and parietal bones
lambdoid suture
suture that are between the parietal bone
sagittal suture
suture that are between the frontal and parietal bones
coronal suture
between the parietal and temporal bones
squamous suture
between the frontal and nasal bones
frontonasal suture
bones that contribute to the superior and lateral surface of the cranium
parietal bones
part of the frontal bone that underlies the forehead
frontal part
suture between the frontal bones that usually disappears by age 8
frontal metopic suture
edge of the frontal part that forms the superior border of the orbits
supraorbital margin
opening or notch in the middle of the supraorbital margin
supraorbital foramen or notch
thickened ridges over the supraorbital margins that supports the eyebrows
superciliary arches
part that forms the roof of the orbit
orbital part
depression on the inferior surface of the orbital part that accommodates the lacrimal gland
lacrimal fossa
bones that contribute to the lateral and inferior walls of the cranium
temporal bones
temporal bone are divided into three parts
squamous part
zygomatic process
mandibular fossa
forms the cheekbone
zygomatic process
elevation anterior to the mandibular fossa
articular tubercle
this part is the region that surrounds the external acoustic meatus or external auditory canal. this passage way ends as a tympanic membrane
tympanic part
largest most massive part of the temporal bone that houses the senses of hearing and balance.
petrous part
bulge posterior and inferior to the external acoustic meatues. contains mastoid sinuses
mastoid process
sharp access near the mastoid process to which ligaments and tendons attach
styloid process
opening between the base of the styloid and mastoid processes through which the facial nerve passes
stylomastoid foramen