Unit 2 Flashcards
What are the cranial bones?
2 parietal bones 2 temporal bones 1 frontal bone 1 occipital bone 1 sphenoid bone 1 ethmoid bone
Where are the paranasal sinuses located?
Frontal bone
These bones form most of the superior and lateral walls?
Parietal bones
These bones form the inferolateral (inferior-lateral) walls of the cranium?
Temporal bones
The squamous suture is the meeting point of these two bones?
Temporal and parietal bones
The canal that leads to the eardrum and middle ear?
External acoustic meatus
Articulates with the mandible condyle to form the temporomandibular (TMJ)
Mandibular fossa
Projection that serves as a point of attachment for some neck muscles (such as the sternocleidomastoid muscle) and is filled with air cavities (sinuses) that can get infected by bacteria entered from the middle ear
Mastoid process
Zygomatic arch =
Zygomatic process of temporal bone + zygomatic bone
Opening in inferior part of the temporal bone that allows passage of artery to the brain?
Carotid canal
Opening in inferior part of temporal bone that allows passage of the internal vein from the brain?
Jugular foramen
Meets the parietal bones at the lambdoid suture?
Occipital bone
Opening in the base of the occipital bone where the lowest part of the brain (medulla oblongata) meets the spinal cord?
Foramen magnum
This joint articulates with C1/Atlas and allows for flexion and extension of the head when one indicates “yes”
Occipital condyles
This bone forms part of orbit of eye, some of the floor of the skull, and a little of the lateral portion of the skull?
Sphenoid bone
This is where the pituitary gland is located?
Hypophyseal fossa of Stella turcica
Allows passage of optic nerve from eye to brain?
Optic canal
Lateral aspects of sphenoid bone that forms a portion of the lateral surface of the skull and a portion of the floor of the cranium
Greater wings
This bone forms roof of nasal cavity and part of the nasal septum?
Ethmoid bone
Specific part that forms roof of nasal cavity?
Cribriform plates
Projections that serve as sites of attachment for muscles? (4 total)
Tuberosity
Trochanter
Tubercle
Epicondyle
Tiny holes in cribriform plate that allows passage of nerve fibers that convey signals for the sense of smell?
Olfactory foramina
Small projection that extends between the cribriform plate?
Crista galli
Forms the superior part of the nasal septum?
Perpendicular plate