MSAK lec - midterm 4 Flashcards
Skull & face bones, muscles
name the 8 cranium bones
parietal x2, ethmoid, sphenoid, temporal x2, occipital, frontal
what is the roof of the cranium
calvarium
what is the floor of the cranium
base
neurocranium
roof and sides of the skull
basicranium
skull base
name the sutures of the calvarium
coronal, sagittal, lambdoid
by what age do the calvarium sutures normally close
30-40
when does the metopic suture fuse/become obliterated
fuses by 9 months, obliterated by age 7
what are fontanelles
membranous areas that have not yet ossified (found at birth)
by what ages do the anterior and posterior fontanelles close
2 yrs and 6 mo respectively
name the landmarks where the anterior and posterior fontanelles closed
bregma and lambda respectively
what fontanelles are babies born with
anterior, posterior, sphenoidal, mastoid
where is the squamous suture found
between the parietal bone and the squamous portion of the temporal bone
name the synchondroses of the skull
spheno-ethmoidal, inter-sphenoidal, spheno-occipital, exo-basi-occipital, inter-occipital
which bones make up the cranial base
all cranial bones
name the 3 fossa on the cranial base
anterior (most shallow), middle, posterior (largest, deepest) cranial fossa
what is found in the anterior cranial fossa
frontal lobes
what is found in the middle cranial fossa
temporal lobes hypothalamus
what is found in the posterior cranial fossa
cerebellum, pons, medulla oblongata
the pterion is a joint between which bones, and where on the skull is it found
frontal, parietal, sphenoid, temporal. lateral aspect
what is the thinnest part of the skull
pterion
what can a pterion fracture cause
laceration of the medial meningeal artery, leading to epidural hematoma
where do the parietomastoid and the lambdoid sutures meet
asterion
describe the location of the superior and inferior temporal lines
on the walls of the cranium from anterior frontal bone to posterior parietal bone (only seen in lateral view)