Exam 1 Flashcards
(128 cards)
Parts of the cranium
Neurocranium + viscerocranium
Parts of neurocranium
Cranial bones, meninges, proximal CNs, vasculature of brain
Neurocranium function
Encloses + protects brain
Viscerocranium parts
Facial bones, mouth, nose, orbits
Sagittal sutures
Connects parietals
Coronal suture
Connects parietals + frontals
Squamosal suture
Connects parietals + temporals
Lambdoidal suture
Connects parietals + occipital
Asterion
Junction of parietal, temporal, and occipital bones
Pterion
Junction of parietal, temporal, sphenoid, and frontal bones
Nasion
Junction of frontal and nasal bones. Nasal bone proper
Inion
Tip of the external occipital protuberance
Bregma
Intersection of coronal + sagittal sutures
Lambda
Intersection of lambdoid + sagittal sutures
Vertex
Most superior point of skull along sagittal suture
Basion
Anterior margin of foramen magnum
Opisthion
Posterior margin of foramen magnum
Cranial bones
Temporal bones, parietal bones, frontal bone, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, ethmoid bone
Frontal bone - glabella
Depression between superciliary arches
What cranial bone has the hardest + softest parts of the skull?
Temporal bones
What bone is the dorsum sellae apart of?
Sphenoid bone
What is a deviated septum?
Displaced cartilage of the ethmoid bone
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone
Inferior projection forming superior nasal septum
Crista galli of ethmoid bone
Vertical projection, dura mater attachment