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| What are the names of the 8 cranial bones |
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Definition
| Frontal, 2 temporal, 2 parietal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid |
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| What are the two divisions of the skull? |
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Definition
| The calvaria and the floor |
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| What bones make up the calvaria? |
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Definition
| Frontal, right and left parietal, and the occipital |
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| What bone make up the floor? |
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Definition
| Right and left temporal, sphenoid, and ethmoid |
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| Which bone contributes to the formation of the forehead and the superior part of each orbit? |
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| What are the two main parts of the frontal bone? |
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Definition
| The squamous portion and the orbital portion |
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| What is the smooth raised prominence between the eyebrows? |
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| What is the slight depression above each eyebrow? |
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| What corresponds to the level of the orbital plate? |
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| What is the superior rim of each orbit? |
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| What is a small hole or opening within the supraorbital margin? |
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| What is the structure on the squamous portion of the frontal bone, above the supraorbital groove which is a larger prominence? |
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| What forms the superior part of each orbit? |
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| What separates the orbital plates? |
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| What does the frontal bone articulate with? |
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Definition
| right and left parietals, sphenoid, and ethmoid |
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Term
| What bones form the lateral portion of the cranium? |
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Definition
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| Where is the widest portion of the skull located? |
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Definition
| Between the parietal tubercles |
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Term
| Where is the frontal bone in relation to the parietals? |
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Definition
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| What do the parietal bones articulate with? |
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Definition
| frontal, occipital, temporal, sphenoid, and opposite parietal |
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Term
| What bone forms the inferioposterior portion of the calvaria? |
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| What is the term for the external surface of the occipital bone? |
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| What is the name of the prominent bump on the inferoposterior portion of the skull? |
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| What is the large opening at the base of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes? |
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| What is the name of the articulation between the skull and the cervical spine? |
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| What bones does the occipital bone articulate with? |
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Definition
| Right and left parietals, two temporals, sphenoid, and the atlas |
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Term
| What is the name of the bone that contains the structures for hearing and balance? |
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Definition
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| What is the name of the arch of bone that is on the temporal bone? |
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Definition
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| What is the name of the fossa on the temporal bone into which the mandible fits? |
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Definition
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| What is the name of the slender bony projection on the temporal bone? |
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| What are the three parts of the temporal bone? |
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Definition
| Squamous portion, mastoid portion, petrous portion |
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Term
| What part of the temporal bone is most vulnerable to fracture? |
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Definition
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| What portion of the temporal bone contains the mastoid process? |
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Definition
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| What bone on the temporal bone houses the organs of hearing and equilibrium? |
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Definition
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| What is the term for the upper border or ridge of the petrous pyramids? |
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Definition
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| What bones do the temporal bones articulate with? |
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Definition
| parietal, occipital, sphenoid |
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Term
| What bone forms the anchor for all 8 cranial bones? |
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Definition
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| What portion of the sphenoid bone contains the sphenoid sinus? |
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Definition
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Term
| What structure surrounds and partially protects the pituitary gland? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the structure that is on the posterior part of the sella turcica? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the name of the shallow depression that beings on the posterior part of the dorsum sellae and extends to the foramen magnum? |
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Definition
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Term
| What forms a support for the pons? |
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Definition
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| What are the names of the 3 foramena located on the greater wings of the sphenoid? |
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Definition
| foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, and foramen spinosum |
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| What is the name of the bony projections that come off of the lesser wings of the sphenoid? |
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Definition
| The anterior clinoid processes |
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| What is the name of the bony processes that extend off of the dorsum sellae? |
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Definition
| The posterior clinoid processes |
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| What is the name of the processes that form part of the lateral walls of the nasal cavities? |
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| What is the name of the small upper horizontal portion of the ethmoid bone? |
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Definition
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Term
| What projects superiorly from the cribiform plate? |
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Term
| What bone of the ethmoid helps form the nasal septum? |
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Definition
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| What structure of the ethmoid contains the ethmoid air cells? |
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Definition
| the lateral labyrinths (masses) |
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| What bones does the ethmoid bone articulate with? |
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| What is the term for the joints of the cranium? |
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Definition
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Term
| How are the sutures classified? |
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Definition
| fibrous joints, synarthrodial type |
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Term
| What suture separates the frontal bone from the two parietals? |
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Definition
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| What suture separates the two parietal bones? |
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Definition
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| What suture separates the two parietals from the occipital bone? |
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Definition
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| What suture separates the temporal bone from the parietal bone? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the name of the anterior end of the sagittal suture? |
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Definition
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| What is the name of the posterior end of the sagittal suture? |
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| What is the name of the area where the squamosal and lambdoidal sutures meet? |
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| What is the name of the membrane covered openings that are known as soft softs? |
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