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List 3 functions of the skull

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  • muscle attachment
  • organ protection (cavities)
  • Respiratory and olfactory
  • provide long surfaces for teeth implantation
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The cranium is divided into _____________ and ______________.

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  • neurocranium
  • viscerocranium
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Which part of the cranium is the brains case?

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Neurocranium

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Splanchnocranium is another name for the ?

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Viscerocranium

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List the types of joints present in the skull

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  • sutures
  • gomphoses
  • temporomandibular
  • mandibular symphysis
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Describe the movement of the joints of the skull

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Akinetic

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What is the name of the chain of bones that connect the larynx to the bone?

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Hyoid apparatus

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List the 5 parts of the skull

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  • cranium
  • mandible
  • joints
  • cavities/foramina
  • hyoid apparatus
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What are the 3 intraspecific differences in skull shape?

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  • Brachycephalic
  • mesocephalic
  • Dolicocephalic
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Interspecific proportions of the skull will be between (breeds/species)? What do they reflect?

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Species to reflect lifestyle differences

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The roof of the skull is named:

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Calvarium

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The frontal, parietal and occipital bones make up which part of the neurocranium?

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Calvarium

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Which part of the cranium houses the cranial cavity, the middle ear cavity, and the frontal paranasal sinus?

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Neurocranium

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The neurocranium is divided into ____________, _____________, and _____________.

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Calvarium
Base
Side

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List the 3 things that make up the sphenoid complex of the base of the neurocranium

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  • Basisphenoid
  • Presphenoid
  • Pterygoid
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The temporal bone makes up what part of the neurocranium?

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Side

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What forms the walls of the nasal, paranasal and oral cavities?

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Viscerocranium

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List the 7 things that make up the viscerocranium:

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Nasal
Lacrimal
Zygomatic
Maxilla
Incisive
Palatine
Vomer
Ethmoid

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What is the skeleton of the lower jaw?

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What makes up the mandible?

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Body and ramus

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What is the symphysis in the mandible called?

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Intermandibular articulation

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Which joint is housed in the mandible?

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Temporomandibular joint

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How many nasals cavities are there?

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2: left and right

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List three cranial fossae

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  • Rostral
  • Middle
  • Caudal
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What is the main entrance to the nasal cavity?
Nasal aperture
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Another name for the turbinate bones?
Conchae
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What separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity?
hard palate
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What is the function of the conchae?
Cleanse, warm, filter air
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Another name for the Ethiod bone:
Osseus septum
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Describe the conchae
Bony scrolls that extend medially into the nasal fossa covered by mucosa
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List the 3 conchae
- dorsal - ventral - ethmoidal labyrinth
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Which conchae has olfactory mucosa?
Dorsal nasal concha
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Which conchae has respiratory mucosa?
Ventral nasal concha
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What are the nasal meatuses?
Spaces made from where the conchae divide the nasal cavity into 4 passages
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List the 4 nasal meatuses
- Dorsal - middle - ventral - common
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Which meatus connects the other; between nasal septum and the meatuses?
Common meatus
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Which meatus does an NG tube go through?
Ventral meatus
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What goes through the paranasal sinuses?
Olfactory n
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What are the 2 paranasal sinuses?
- Frontal - maxillary recess
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What is the clinical significance of the maxillary recess?
Its association with teeth and a tooth abscess
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List the 5 foramina of the skull
- optic canal - orbital fissure - rostral alar foramen - caudal alar foramen - oval foramen
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What is the name of the fossa that the foramina are in?
Pterygopalatine fossa
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Which foramina connect to the brain cavity directly?
Optic canal, orbital fissure and oval foramen
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Which nerve come out of foramina optic canal 1 and orbital fissure 2?
1- optic nerve 2- oculomotor n
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Cranial nerves!
1- olfactory 2- optic 3- oculomotor 4- trochlear 5- Trigeminal (V1-ophthalmic) 6- Abducens 7- facial 8- Vestibulocochlear 9- Glossopharyngeal 10- Vagus 11 - Accessory 12 - Hypoglossal
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Which CN are associated with the eye?
2-6
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Where does the maxillary artery go through?
Alar canal

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