Bio197-lab9&10BONES Flashcards
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Parietal bone
Forms the sides of the head
Frontal bone
Forms the forehead
Temporal bone
Surrounds the external ear opening (tympanic part)
Squamous suture
Separates the temporal (around ear) and parietal (sides of head) bones
External acoustic meatus
Canal leading from eardrum to middle ear
Styloid process
Needle-like pointed projection near the jaw and below the external acoustic meatus
Mastoid process
Rough projection below the external acoustic meatus and styloid process
Looks like a corner, parallel to jaw
Occipital bone
Back/ lower part of your head
Lamboid suture
Across back of skull
Separates parietal (sides of head) and occipital (back of head) bones
Foramen magnum
Large circular opening at the base of occipital lobe
Where spinal cord joins the brain
Occipital condyles
Round/kidney shaped projections(2) on base of skull next to the foremen magnum (opening)
Sphenoid bone
“Bat shaped,” behind eye balls in skull, is the width of skull
Ethmoid bone
BACK OF THE EYE SOCKET for test
NOT: Little bones in skull in the nose area (3)
Forms the roof of nasal cavity, upper nasal septum, and part of the medial orbit walls
Mandible
Lower jaw bone
Mental foramen
2 little holes in the front of the jaw
Sagittal suture
Down the middle
Separates the parietal bone (sides of skull)
Occipital mastoid suture
Separates the occipital (back lower skull) and temporal bones (ear)
Maxillae
2 fused bones to form upper jaw, below nose, part of eye sockets
Lacrimal bone
Small bone forms part of eye socket, between ethmoid and maxilla
Right off nasal bone
Zygomatic bone
Cheek bone, side of eye sockets
OFF EYE
Nasal bone
Forms the bridge of nose
Vomer
Separates nasal cavity, forms nasal septum
Frontal sinus
Above eyebrows/ forehead
Ethmoid air cells
In-between eyes