Bones Of the Cranium Flashcards by Stephanie Tkaczyk

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Condyloid process

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Back of mandible

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Mandibular angle

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Angle of chin

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Mental foramen

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Holes in the chin

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Coronal suture

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Connect parietal to frontal

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Lambdoidal suture

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Connect parietal below to occipital

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Orbit

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Eye socket

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Glabella

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Between brows

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Optic foramen

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Hole for optic nerve

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Foramen magnum

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Hole for spine

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Mastoid process

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Rounded but not pointy

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Zygomatic arch

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Cheek bone

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Cribriform plate

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By small holes

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Sella turcica

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Cup like, middle, Inside

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Foramen ovale

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Outside holes, underneath

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Perpendicular plate of the ethmoid

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Divides nose

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Mandibular process

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Body of chin

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Coronoid process

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Front of mandible

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Mandibular ramus

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Both coronoid and chondyloid

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Sagittal suture

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Connects parietal

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Squamous suture

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Connect parietal to temporal

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Infraorbital foramen and supraorbital foramen

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Hole below eye and hole above eye

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Superior and inferior orbital fissure

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Long holes in eye

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Incisive foramen

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Hole by front teeth

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Occipital condyle

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Ridges by foramen magnum

Styloid process

Pointy

External auditory meatus

Ear canal

Crista galli

Point

External occipital protuberance

Bump on the back of head

Jugular foramen

Inside holes underneath

Middle conchae

Part of ethmoid upper chonchae on nose

Crest

A sharp, prominent ridge

Condyle

Rounded articular prominence

Epicondyle

Small projection above a condyle

Facet

Smooth, flat, articular surface

Fissure

Narrow, cleft like, passage

Foramen

Hole

Fossa

Depression, often used as an articular surface

Fovea

Pit

Head

Rounded articular end of a long bone

Neck

Constructed part of a large bone, below head

Linea

Slight ridge

Meatus

Canal

Process

Generic term prominence or projection

Ramus

Projecting part or branch

Spine

Slender, pointed, projection

Trochanter

Large blunt process

Tubercle

Small rounded process

Tuberosity

Broad process larger than a tubercle