Chap 15 - Cranial Bones

The Language of Medicine Chap 15 - Cranial Bones

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Front Back
Sutures
Points at which the cranial bones join each other
Fontanelles
Gaps of unossified tissue in the skull at birth
Frontal bone
Forehead & roof of the eye sockets
Parietal bone
Two bones - form the roof and upper part of the sides of the cranium
Temporal bone
Two bones that form the lower sides and base of the cranium
Mastoid process
Process of the temporal bone behind the ear
Styloid process
Means pole or stake - projects downward from the temporal bone
Occipital bone
Forms the back and base of the skull
joins the parietal and temporal bones
Foramen magnum
Inferior part of the occipital bone where the spinal cord passes through
Sphenoid bone
Bat shaped bone that extends behind the eyes forms part of the base of the skull
joins with the frontal, occipital, ethmoid bones
Sella turcica (turkish saddle)
Depression in the sphenoid bone
where the pituitary gland is located
Ethmoid bone
Thin delicate bone that supports the nasal cavity and forms part of the orbits of the eyes
Facial bones
Nasal bones - 2 slender bones that support the bridge of the nose
lacrimal bones - 2 small thin bones located in the corners of each eye contain fossae for the lacrimal gland (tear gland)
maxillary bones - 2 large bones upper jawbones - joined by a suture in the medial plane
mandibular bone - lower jaw bone
zygomatic bones - 2 bones form the high portion of the cheek
vomer - thin single flat bone that forms the lower portion of the nasal septum
Alveoli
Maxilla and mandible contain these
sockets for teeth
Sinuses
Frontal
Sphenoidal
Maxillary