Bones Of Body Flashcards
(180 cards)
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Coronal suture
connects frontal and both parietal bones
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Frontal bone
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Lambdoid suture
Connects occipital bone to both parietal bones
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Occipital Bone
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Parietal bone
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Sagittal suture
connects both parietal bones
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Sutural Bone
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Squamous suture
connects temporal bone to parietal bone
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Supraorbital notch
supraorbital nerve, artery and veins traverse this opening
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Cribriform plate
Flat portion of the ethmoid bone on either side of the crista galli.
Olfactory bulbs line on cribiform plate
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Mandibular Fossa
Part of temporal bone that connects to mandibular condyle to form temporal mandibular joint
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Crista Galli
Midline projection of the ethmoid bone into the brain case.
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Ethmoid Bone
The deepest bone of the skull, it lies between the nasal bone and the sphenoid
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Ethmoid Bone
The deepest bone of the skull, it lies between the nasal bone and the sphenoid
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External Acoustic Meatus
Directs sound waves from tympanic membrane to inner ear
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Foramen Magnum
brainstem runs through here to connect to spinal cord
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Foramen Ovale
Allows nerves and arteries to pass through
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Foramen Rotundum
Allows nerves and arteries to pass through
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Foramen Spinosum
Allows nerves and arteries to pass through
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Greater Wing
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Hypoglossal canal
below tongue, brings nerve to tongue allow to move
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Hypoglossal canal
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Internal Acoustic Meatus
Passageway for vestibularcochlear nerve which carries nerve impulses for hearing and balance
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Jugular Foramen
jugular veins runs through here (drain blood from brain)