Ch. 8 Skeletal Flashcards
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The _________ skeleton includes the girdles of bones which attach limbs to the axial skeleton.
Appendicular
The most complex structure in the skeleton:
Skull
The skull contains ___ cranial bones, and ___ facial bones.
8 Cranial Bones
14 Facial Bones
What bone makes up the forehead?
Frontal bone
Large opening within each orbit…
Superior Orbital fissures
__________ bones form the bony bridge of the nose.
Nasal
Left and Right __________ form most of upper jaw and lateral boundaries of nasal cavity.
Maxillae
___________ forms the lower jaw.
Mandible
_____________ Processes are located at the oral margins of maxillae and mandible
Alveolar
Divides the nasal cavity into L & R halves
Nasal Septum
The nasal septum is made of the perpendicular plate of the _________ bone, and the __________ bone
Ethmoid & Vomer
Two scroll shaped bones on infero-lateral walls of nasal cavity
Inferior Nasal Conchae
Articulation between the frontal and parietal bones.
Coronal Suture
Articulation that connects L & R Parietal bones
Sagittal Suture
Articulation of occipital bone w/ parietal bones
Lambdoid suture
Articulates with maxilla anteriorly and ethmoid bone posteriorly
Lacrimal Bone
Directly inferior to squamous suture
Squamous part of temporal bone
Surrounds external acoustic meatus
Tympanic part of temporal bone
External ear opening
External acoustic meatus
Thin, pointed projection anteromedial to mastoid process.
Styloid process
Forms posterosuperior portion of nasal septum
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone
Forms posteroinferior portion of nasal septum
Vomer
_________ palate: formed by palatine process of maxillae and palatine bones.
Hard
Passageway of internal jugular vein and several nerves.
Jugular Foramen
