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| natural body cavity or canal |
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opening in bone
allows passage of NAV |
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| natural depression (e.g. on a bone) usually to accommodate another structure |
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| round nodule or small eminence found on some bony structures typically for muscle/tendon insertions |
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Soft spot on infant skull
Allows for elastic deformation of skull e.g. during birth |
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| Number of named bones in the adult human skeleton |
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skull
ossicles of the middle ear
hyoid bone (throat)
the rib cage & sternum
vertebral column
(80 bones) |
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| PEST OF 6: Parietal(2), Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Temporal(2), Occipital, Frontal (6 types, 8 total) |
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Cranial Bones
Parietal, Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Temporal, Occipital, Frontal |
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| Fusion of left and right parietal bones |
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| Fusion of frontal bone to parietal bones |
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| Fusion of occipital bone to parietal bones |
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| Fusion of parietal and temporal bones |
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Fusion of left and right frontal bones
Generally fused by about age 6 |
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| Junction of coronal and saggital sutures |
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| Junction of lambdoid and saggital sutures |
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| Anterior fontanelle (location) |
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| Located on coronal suture |
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| Posterior fontanelle (location) |
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| Located on lambdoid suture |
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| Sphenoidal (posteriolateral) fontanelle (location) |
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| Located (generally) on squamosal and sphenoparietal sutures |
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| Mastoid (anteriolateral) fontanelle (location) |
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| Located (generally) on parietomastoid and occipitomastoid sutures |
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| Forehead and anterior floor of cranium, roof of nasal cavity, roof of orbits |
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| Frontal bone (major components) |
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| supraorbital notch, frontal sinuses |
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| Parietal bone (structure) |
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| Parietal bone (major components) |
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| Temporal bone (structure) |
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| Inferior lateral cranial floor and wall near ear |
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| Temporal bone (major components) |
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| Zygomatic arch, Mastoid process, Petrous |
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| Occipital bone (Structure) |
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| Posterior wall and floor of cranium |
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| Occipital bone (major components) |
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| external occipital protuberance, foramen magnum, ligamentum nuchae |
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| Sphenoid bone (structure) |
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| Wings, like a bat; articulates with all other cranial bones providing overall stability |
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| Sphenoid bone (major components) |
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| hypophyseal fossa (houses pituitary gland) seat of sella turcica, optic foramen, superior orbital fissure, Pterygoid processes; has the greater and lesser wings |
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| Contains, in its interior, the essential parts of the organ of hearing |
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| Roof of the nose between the orbits, separating the nasal cavity from the cranial |
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| Ethmoid bone (major components) |
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| cribriform plate, crista galli, perpendicular plate |
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Virgins Can Not Make My Pet Zebra Laugh
Vomer, Conchae, Nasal, Maxilla, Mandible, Palatine, Zygomatic, Lacrimal |
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| Virgins Can Not Make My Pet Zebra Laugh |
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Facial Bones
Vomer, Conchae, Nasal, Maxilla, Mandible, Palatine, Zyphoid, Lacrimal |
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| posterior inferior portion of nasal septum |
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| Doesn't seem to be very interesting |
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| Conchae (nasal) (structure) |
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| lateral wall of nasal cavity |
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| Conchae (nasal) (major components) |
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| lamina of spongy bone, curled upon itself like a scroll |
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| bridge of nose (between them) |
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| Nasal bone (major components) |
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| Fused along palatal fissure and form upper jaw, roof of mouth, portions of floor/lateral wall of nasal cavity, portion of orbit |
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| Maxilla (major components) |
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Unusually Zionist Floozies Always Penalize Irritating Mobsters
Upper teeth, Zygomatic process, Frontal process, Alveolar process, Palatine process, Infraorbital foramen, Maxillary sinus |
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| Unusually Zionist Floozies Always Penalize Irritating Mobsters |
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Major Components of Maxilla
Upper teeth, Zygomatic process, Frontal process, Alveolar process, Palatine process, Infraorbital foramen, Maxillary sinus |
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| Forms lower jaw and holds lower teeth |
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| Mandible (major components) |
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| body, ramus (pl. rami), Alveolar process, Condylar process, Cornoid process |
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| Condyle of the Mandible (importance) |
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Forms the tempromandibular joint (TMJ) with the temporal bone
Posterior process of the ramus (making Coronoid process the anterior one) |
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| Palatine bones (structure) |
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Located between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid
Forms posterior edge of the hard palate, portions of eye socket, portions of nasal cavity wall and floor |
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| Palatine bones (major components) |
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| Pyramidal process, Orbital process, Sphenoidal process |
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| Zygomatic bones (structure) |
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| Prominence of the cheek, portions of wall and floor of the Orbit, portions of temporal and infratemporal fossa |
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| Zygomatic bones (major components) |
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| Zygomaticofacial foramen, Origin of the Zygomaticus major muscle |
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| Lacrimal bones (structure) |
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| Tiny paired bones form anterior medial wall of the orbit |
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| Lacrimal bones (major components) |
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| Posterior lacrimal crest (divides lateral/orbital surfaces), Lacrimal fossa |
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Oblong Skidmarks Instantly Sell Loneliness
Optical foramen (canal), Superior orbital fissure, Inferior orbital fissure, Supraorbital foramen, Lacrimal fossa |
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| Oblong Skidmarks Instantly Sell Loneliness |
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Openings of the Orbit
Optical foramen (canal)
Superior orbital fissure
Inferior orbital fissure
Supreorbital foramen
Lacrimal fossa |
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| Unique features of the skull |
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| Sutures, Paranasal sinuses, Fontanelles |
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| Paranasal sinuses (bones) |
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| Frontal, Sphenoid, Ethmoid, Maxillary |
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| Paranasal sinuses (functions) |
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Lighten mass of skull
Vocal resonance |
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Anterior = frontal lobe
Middle = temporal lobe
Posterior = cerebellum, pons, medulla oblongata |
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| Located at the base of mandible (ventrally) and at C3 (dorsally) |
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| Hyoid bone (major components) |
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| body, greater and lesser horns (2 each, also cornu/cornua) |
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