Skeletal System Flashcards
Frontal Bone
Forehead
Nasal Bone
Bridge of Nose
Parietal Bone
Side of head
Occipital Bone
Back of Skull
Sphenoid Bone
Temple and back of eye
Temporal bone
Bottom allow side of head. (Temporal lobe)
Lacrimal Bone
Side of Eye/Nose
Zygomatic bone
Cheeck
Maxilla
Under nose and allow top of mouth
External Acoustic Meatus
Ear
Mandible
Jaw, Under mouth
Vomer
In-between Nose
Malleous
Hammer, first part of the ear
Incus
Anvil, second part of the ear
Stapes
Stirrup, Last part of the ear, look like a stirrup.
Tympanic Membrane
Ear drum, before all the bones
Sternum
Middle of chest, hold ribs
Manubrium
Top of the sternum
Body
Middle of the sternum
Xiphoid Process
Last part of the sternum
Vertebrosternal
Attaches directly to sternum (top ribs)
Vertebrochondral
Attaches to sternum indirectly by cartilage (Middle ribs)
Vertebral
Don’t attach to the sternum, (floating ribs) (bottom)
Cartilage that connects the Sternum and ribs
Hyaline Cartilage