Chapter 7 Flashcards
(58 cards)
The pituitary gland is contained in a depression found in which cranial bone?
Sphenoid
What are the three components of the nasal septum?
Vomer
Septal cartilage
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid
An opening or hole in a bone through which blood vessels, nerves and ligaments pass is called a
Foremen
Craniodiaphysial dysplasia is a bone disorde that causes calcium to accumulate in the skull. These deposits of calcium decrease the foramina size in the skull. What would be an affect of a smaller foramina?
Inadequate blood flow
Compression on cranial nerves
Intercranial hypertension
The tubercle found on the neck of a rib articulates with a facet found on the
Transverse process of a thoracic vertebra
Picture
H
Picture
A
Picture
E
The _______ suture articulates with the most bones in the skull
Lambdoid
Picture
F
I’m infants, hydrocephalus, water on the brain, causes bulging and swelling in the head. The head appears larger than expected. What structure will bulge?
Fontanelles
Picture
D (looks like beak)
Which bone forms the zygomatic arch with the zygomatic bone?
Temporal
A rounded articular projection supported on a constricted portion of a bone is called a
Head
The sella turcica is a bony depression found in which cranial bone?
Sphenoid
Picture
A
Which of the following cranial bones contains the organs of hearing and balance, and articulate with the mandible
Temporal
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C
Which facial bone is a single, unpaired bone in the human skull
Mandible
How many bones in the axial skeleton ?
80
What bones makeup the axial skeleton?
Skull
Hyoid
Auditory
Vertebral
Thorax
What are the 4 sutures?
Sagittal (down the middle)
Lambdoid( rear of head)
Coronal (forehead)
Squamas (ear)
Narrow slit between bones in which blood vessels pass is
Fissure
Opening in which blood vessels nerves or ligaments pass is…
Foreman