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FUNCTION of skull bone markings (ch 8)
pg 93 and 94
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 4
10/07/2017

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external auditory meatus
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passageway for sound waves
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mastoid process
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attachment of digastric and sternocleidomastoid muscles
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condylar process
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articulates with mandibular fossa [mandibular fossa is bottom of zygomatic arch on temporal bone]
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coronoid process
Definition
attachment of temporalis muscle
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mental foramen
Definition
blood vessel and nerve passageway
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temporal fossa
Definition
attachment of temporalis muscle
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zygomatic arch
Definition
attachment of masseter muscle
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styloid process
Definition
attachment site for ligaments and tendons
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orbit
Definition
attachment site for muscle and protects eye
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optic canal
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cranial nerve II passage way

CN II is optic nerve
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superior orbital fissure
Definition
cranial nerve 3, 4, 5 (V1), and 6 passageway

CN III oculomotor nerve
CN IV trochlear nerve
CN V trigeminal nerve
CN V1 ophthalmic nerve
CN VI abducens nerve
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nasal cavity
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air passageway
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hard palate
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separates oral and nasal cavities

[palate made of maxillary bone and palatine bone]
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mandibular fossa
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articulates with condylar process
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carotid canal
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blood vessel passageway (internal carotid artery)[image]
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stylomastoid foramen
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cranial nerve 7 passageway CN VII is facial nerve

 

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foramen magnum
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spinal cord passageway
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occipital condyle
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articulates with atlas
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external occipital protuberance
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attachement of trapezius muscle

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superior nuchal line
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attachment of trapezius muscle

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what two bone markings are in the anterior cranial fossa?
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the cribriform plate and the crista galli

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crista galli
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attachment of dura mater
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what is dura mater
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a membrane that surrounds the brain
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cribriform plate
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cranial nerve I passageway

CN I is olfactory nerve
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what bone markings make up the middle cranial fossa
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the sella turcica

the foramen rotundum

the foramen ovale
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sella turcica
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location of the pituitary gland
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foramen rotundum
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cranial nerve V2 passageway

CN V2 is maxillary nerve
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foramen ovale
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cranial nerve V3 passageway CN V3 is the mandibular nerve
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what bone markings make up the posterior cranial fossa?
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internal acoustic meatus

jugular foramen

hypoglossal canal
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internal acoustic meatus
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cranial nerve 7 and 8 passageway

CN 7 is the facial nerve
CN 8 is the vestibulocochlear nerve
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jugular foramen
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cranial nerve 9, 10 and 11 passageway

CN IX is glossopharyngeal nerve
CN X is vagus nerve
CN XI is accessory nerve

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hypoglossal canal
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cranial nerve 12 passageway

CN XII is hypoglossal nerve

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