Ch 7 Flashcards
Cranial Functions
- Protection
- Food gathering or processing
- Passage for respiratory flow
Components
- Chondrocranium- a braincase composed of cartilage rather than bone, as the skull of sharks and of the vertebrate embryo before ossification.
o Neurocranium o Endochondral ossification
- Splanchnocranium
o Visceral arches
- Dermatocranium
o Dermal elements o Intramembranous ossification
Ossification
- Intramembranous
o Skull bones
o Mandible
o Dermatocranium
- Endochondral
o Most bones
o Splanchnocranium
Intramembranous Ossification
o Gathering of stem cells
o Differentiation
o Calcification
o Trabeculae formation
o Periosteum development
Endochondral Ossification

- Cartilage model
- Differentiation
- Interstitial growth
o Cell Proliferation
o Length
- Appositional growth
o Width
- Hypertrophy
- Calcification
- Perioseteum develops
- Osteoblasts deposit bone matrix
- Medullary cavity forms
- Ossification at epiphysis
Cartilaginous Fish
Shark
Shark
o Cartilaginous
o Rostrum
o Nasal capsule
o Supraorbital Crest
o Postorbital process
o Antorbital process
Shark cont.
o Epiphyseal Foramen
o Pineal Gland
o Endolymphatic Fossa
o Perilymphatic Foramina
o Auditory capsule
o Superficial opthalmic foramina
Shark cont..
o Rostral Carina
o Rostral Fenestrae
o Nasal Capsule
o Nares
o Anterior Orbital Shelf
o Basitrabecular Process
o Entrance for internal carotid arteries
o Basal plates
Shark cont…
o Otic capsule
o Notochord
o Foramen Magnum
o Foramen for CN X
o Foramen for CN IX
o Occipital Condyles
o Orbit
o Optic foramen
o Optic nerve
o Optic pedicel
o Trigeminofacial foramen
Splanchnocranium

o Gill or Branchial Arches
o 1st Arch
o Mandibular Arch
o Upper and Lower Jaw
o Dorsal
* Palatoquadrates
o Ventral
* Meckel’s cartilages
* Labial Cartilage
o 2nd Arch
o Hyoid Arch
* Basihyal
* Ceratohyal
o Gill or Branchial Arches 3-7
o Pharyngobranchial
o Epibranchial
o Ceratobranchial
o Hypobranchial
o Basibranchial

Bony Fish
o Chondrocranium is present
o Covered by Dermatocranium
Bony Fish Dermatocranium
o Upper Teeth
o Premaxilla
o Maxilla
o Nasal
o Antorbital
o Rostral
Bony Fish Dermatocranium 2
o Lacrimal
o Jugal
o Postorbital
o Hyomandibula
o Quadrate
o* Preopercular
o Opercular
o Subopercular
o Branchiostegal
o Gular
o Lower jaw
o Dentary
o Angular
o Surangular
**Lateral view
o Lacrimal (22) o Jugal (21) o Postorbital (20) o Hyomandibula (17) o Quadrate (16) o Preopercular o Opercular (19) o Subopercular (18)
o Branchiostegal
o Gular
o Lower jaw
o Dentary (12)
o Angular (15)
o Surangular (14)

Bony Fish Dermatocranium 3
o Parietal
o Postparietal
o Extrascapular
o Supratemporal
**Dorsal view
o (9)
o (10)
o (2)
o (3)

Amphibian: Necturus Dermatocranium
o Premaxilla
o Frontal
o Parietal
o Quadrate
o Vomer
o Pterygoid
o Parasphenoid
o Dentary

Necturus Chondrocranium
o Foramen Magnum
o Exoccipitals
o Quadrate
o Antorbital Process
o Ethmoid Plate
o Trabecular Horn
o Otic Capsule
o Opisthotic
o Prootic

Necturus Splanchnocranium

o Hyoid Arch
o Hypohyal
o Ceratohyal
o Gill Arches
o Ceratobranchial
o Basibranchial
o Epibranchial

Necturus Skull (lateral view)


Necturus Skull (dorsal view)


Reptile: Alligator (Dorsal)

- prefrontal
- frontal
- postfrontal
- parietal
- squamosal
- quadratojugal
- zygomatic
- lacrimal
- maxilla
- premaxilla
- nasal
o Infratemporal fenestrae
o Supratemporal fenestrae
o External Nares
o Premaxilla (10)
o Maxilla (9)
o Nasal (11)
o Frontal (2)
o Parietal (4)
o Postorbital (3)
o Squamosal (5)
o Jugal (7)
o Postorbital Bar
o Lacrimal (8)
o Prefrontal (1)
o Quadrate
o Quadratojugal (6)

Alligator (Ventral)

- palatine
- quadrate
- pterygoid
- internal nostril
- ectopterygoid
- basisphenoid
o Palatine Process of
Premaxilla(10)
o Palatine Process of
maxilla (9)
o Incisive Foramen
o Palatine Process of
Pterygoids (14)
o Post. Palatine Vacuities
o Ectopterygoid (16)
o Internal Nares
Lower Jaw of Alligator

- dentary
- splenial
- coronoid
- surangular
- articular
- angular
o Dentary (1)
o External mandibular fenestrae
o Mandibular foramen
o Coronoid (3)
o Surangular (4)
o Angular (6)
o Ramus
o Splenial (2)
Turtle (Dorsal View)
1.Supraoccipital 2. Opistotic 3. Quadrate 4. Prootic 5. Postorbital 6. Squamosal 7. Parietal 8. Postorbital 9.Frontal 10. Prefrontal
o Prefrontal (10) o Frontal (9) o Parietal (7) o Supraoccipital (1) o Postorbital (5&8) o Squamosal (6)