Axial Skeleton Flashcards by Taylor Trochlil

Q

Parietal bone

A

Crown of skull

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Frontal bone

A

Forehead

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Sagittal suture

A

Separating parietal bones

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Coronal suture

A

Where a tiara would sit

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Occipital bone

A

Back of head

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Lambdoid suture

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Connects parietal and occipital bone

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Foramen magnum

A

Biggest hole in the bottom of the skull

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Foramen lacerum

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Snake like eyes, under magnum

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Foramen ovale

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Wide set holes under the magnum

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Temporal bone

A

Under the ear

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External acoustic meatus

A

Ear hole

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Mastoid process

A

Boney protrusion under the ear hole

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Styloid process

A

Thin protrusion under ear

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Zygomatic process

A

Connects ear and cheek bone

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Squamous suture

A

Connects parietal and temporal bones

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Maxilla bone

A

Upper jaw

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Alveolar process

A

Teeth/ gum area

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Palatine bone

A

On the pallet of your mouth

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Zygomatic bone

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Cheek bone

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Temporal process

A

Between the zygomatic process and zygomatic bone

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Lacrimal bone

A

Tear ducts

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Nasal bone

A

Top of the nose

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Vomer

A

Nasal septum

Q

Ethmoid

A

In nasal cavity

Mental foreman

Tip of chin

Mandibular Foramen

In jaw/ Novocain

Ramus

Flat area, side of jaw

Hyoid bone

Protects trachea/ not connected to other bones

Pedicle

Bridge of vertebra

Facet

Smooth plate to stack on

Spinous process

Bone protrusion that makes spine (on vertebra)

Transverse process

Symmetrical protrusions on vertebra

Atlas

C1 large facets, no spine

Axis

C2 nub that come out of top

Sacrum bone

At the bottom of spine

Sacral crest

Bumps in the center of sacrum

Coccyx bone

Tail bone

Sternum bone

Breast bone

Manubrium

Top of sternum

Body of sternum

Middle of sternum

Xiphoid process

Point on the bottom of sternum

True rib

Had its own cartilage

False rib

Share’s cartilage

Floating

Is not connected to cartilage

Cervical

1-7, has 2 holes

Thoracic

8-19, looks like a giraffe

Lumbar

20-24, looks like a moose

Fontanelle

Soft spot on baby’s head

Wormian bones

Extra structural bone