axial bones ppt Flashcards
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total bones of axial
80
Axial skeleton are composed of the following bones
• Skull
• Auditory Ossicles
• Hyoid Bone
• Vertebrae
• Thoracic Cage
The bone markings are classified into three (3)
namely:
✓ ARTICULATING
✓ NON - ARTICULATING
✓ DEPRESSIONS AND OPENINGS
enlarged end
head
smooth rounded articular surface
condyle
smooth flattened surface
facet
knob/enlargement
Tuberosity
prominent projection
process
prominent ridge
crest
small rounded projection
tubercle
elongated ridge
line
opening/hole
foramen
depression
fossa
tunnel-like opening
meatus
cleft
fissure
cavity
sinus
The skull has ____ bones
22
The skull has 22 bones
and is divided into two
parts:
a) Calvarium/Cranium
b) Cranial base/ Facial
bones
Forms forehead, superior part of orbits, and most of the anterior cranial fossa;
contains sinuses
frontal bone
✓ Squamous
✓ Supraorbital Margins
✓ Supraorbital Foramen
✓ Glabella
frontal bone
forehead, the most anterior part of the frontal
area
squamous
thickened part which lie under the eyebrows. This is where the forehead ends.
Supraorbital margin
passageway of supraorbital artery and nerves
supraorbital foramen
Form most of the superior and lateral aspects of the skull
parietal bones