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Viscerocranium -
lower part, bones forming the face (maxillary and zygomatic)
2 nasal bones, 2 lacrimal bones, 2 zygomatic bones, maxilla (with piriform fossa), 2 inferior nasal conchae, unpaired vomer, palatine bone (roof of mouth)
Neurocranium -
upper part, bones around brain (cranial vault - cavity and calvaria - skull cap)
Frontal bone, 2 parietal bones, 2 temporal bones, 2 sphenoid bones (apex of orbit), ethmoid bone, occipital bone
Coronal sutures
frontal-parietal
Sagittal suture
parietal-parietal
Lambdoid suture
parietals-occipital looks like the Greek letter Lambda
Squamosal suture
temporal-parietal
Wormian bones lie
within the sutures (aka Inca bones)
The skull is much shorter in children and elongates in the viscerocranium. This is significant because the Eustacian tube is more ____ in children
horizontal
More horizontal Eustachian tube in children results in
more common ear infections
describe Neurocranium boney middle layer
Intermediate - cancellous bone (diploe)
Houses and protects RBC and red bone marrow
Diploic veins - run through ___ ____ (frontal diploic v., anterior and posterior temporal diploic v., occipital diploic v.) anastamose with each other. Drain the scalp and neurocranium - drains into dural venous sinuses (which is the superior sagittal sinus).
diploe bone
explain scalp vein drainage all the way through
Scalp v > diploic v > emissary v > superior sagittal sinus
The anterior fontanelle is known as the
Bregma (soft spot)
Oribt of skull borders
MS. ELFZ Feels A Mean Raw Labia Floor- Maxilla Apex- greater wing of Sphenoid bone Medial Wall- Ethoid bones (orbital plate) and Lacrimal bones Roof- Frontal Bone Lateral Wall- Zygomatic Bone
Lefort Fracture 1
Lower maxilla
Lefort Fracture 2
upper maxilla, under orbits
Lefort Fracture 3
though orbits
Pterion
Weak spot due to skull thickness
Meeting place for the frontal, parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones
Pterion Fracture
results in damage to the anterior branch of middle meningeal a. > epidural hematoma (fatal 15-20%)
Mandible articulates with skull at
TMJ (temporal mandibular joint)
Your mandible forms your lower jaw. What kind of joint does it create?
combination hinge and gliding joint (protrusion, retraction, elevation and depression
Inferior alveolar n. enters through
mandibular foramen
Inferior alveolar n. enters through mandibular foramen and provides ______. What does it exit out of, and what happens when it exits?
sensation to lower teeth and gums then exits mental foramen as the mental n.
What travels with the inferior alveolar n.?
The inferior alveolar a