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Skull Flashcards

1
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Calvaria

A

Skull cap

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2
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Basicranium

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Basal plate

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3
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Viscerocranium

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Lower portion of the skull

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4
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Neurocranium

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Superior portion of the skull

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5
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Bone structure of the skull

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Spongy bone sandwiched between dense cortical bone

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6
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Nasion

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Frontonasal and internasal sutures meet

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7
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Glabella

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Frontal bones superior to root of nose between eyebrows

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8
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Bregma

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Junction of coronal and sagittal sutures

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9
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Vertex

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Superior point on the neurocranium

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10
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Lambda

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Junction point of lambdoid and sagittal sutures

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Pterion

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Junction point of greater wind of sphenoid, squamous temporal, frontal, and parietal bones

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12
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Asterion

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Star-shaped junction of parietomastoid, occipitomastoid, lambdoid

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13
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Inion

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Most prominent point of external occipital protuberance

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14
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Fontanelles

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soft spots of neonate skulls. Anterior (parietal and frontal bones) and posterior (parietal and occipital bones)

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15
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Pneumatic space in the frontal bone

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Frontal sinus

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16
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What bones form the upper jaw?

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Maxillae

17
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What part of the maxillae includes the alveoli of the upper teeth?

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Alveolar process

18
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What is the opening for the nasal cavity in the maxillae called?

A

Piriform aperture

19
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Forms part of the the medial wall of the orbit

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Lacrimal bones

20
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Le Fort I Fx

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Horizontal fx superior to the maxillary alveolar process, crossing the bony nasal septum

21
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Le Fort II Fx

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Entire central part of the face is separated from the rest of the cranium. No zymgomatic involvement

22
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Coronal suture

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Frontal bones, parietal bones

23
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Sagittal Suture

A

Parietal bone articulation

24
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Bregma

A

Junction of coronal and sagital suture

25
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Lambdoid suture

A

Parietal bone and occipital bon articulation

26
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Lambda

A

Juntion of lambdoid suture and sagittal suture

27
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Parts of the temportal bone

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Squamous part, Zygomatic process, Tympanic part, Mastiod process, styloid process, petrous part

28
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Foramen ovale

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Cranical nerve 3 passage. Posteriolateral to pterygoid process

29
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Foramen spinosum

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Middle meningeal artery. Posteriolateral to foramen ovale

30
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Jugular foramen

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CNs 9, 10, 11 and Internal Jugular Vein

31
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Hypoglossal Canals

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CN 12

32
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Paranasal Sinues

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Frontal, Ethmoidal, Sphenoidal, Maxillary

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