This convex fossa lies on each side of the dorsum of the skull
totally unrelated bonus question:
this fossa is located rostral to the optic canals.
What is the temporal fossa?
Bonus: what is the rostral cranial fossa
100
It may be small but it serves as a site of attachment for LOTS of things
Bonus: names those things
What is the mastoid process.
Bonus:
(1) insertion of the cleido and sterno-mastoideus muscles
(2) origin of hyoid apparatus (specifically the tympanohyoid cartilage and stylohoid bone)
100
these articulate with the atlas.
Bonus: name the joint formed by this articulation
What are the occipital condyles?
Bonus: what is the atlanto-occipital joint
100
this bone makes up the caudoventral surface of the skull and articulates caudally with the basioccipital and rostraly with the presphenoid and pterygoid bone.
Bonus: What bony holes pass through this bone?
What is the basisphenoid bone?
Bonus:
(1) oval foramen
(2) round foramen
(3) alar canal
100
this is the name for the structure that separates alveolae of adjacent teeth.
Bonus: if a tooth has more than one root, they are separated by this structure
What is the interalveolar septae.
Bonus: what is an interradicular septae
200
This area of the zygomatic process articulates with the condyle of the mandible to form the temporomandibular joint.
What is the mandibular fossa?
200
This is the origin of the digastricus muscle
What is the paracondylar process
200
This marks the transition between dorsal and caudal surfaces of the skull
What is the nuchal crest
200
This bone articulates with the basisphenoid bone, the frontal bone and the presphenoid bone.
Bonus: what is the name for the bony nubbin atop its wing?
What is the pterygoid bone.
Bonus: what is the hammulus of the pterygoid bone
200
Name the U-shaped depression between the condylar process and the coronoid process.
What is the mandibular notch
300
This fossa is located ventral to the orbit.
Bonus: it serves as an origin for a muscle of similar name. Name that muscle
What is the pterygopalatine fossa?
Bonus: What is the pterygoid muscle
300
This is the insertion point for the temporalis muscle on the medial side of the mandible
What is the coronoid process
300
This is the big nubbin on the back of the skull. It is also a point of attachment for the transverospinalis epaxial muscle.
What is the external occipital protuberance
300
The optic canals pass through the orbital wing of this bone, only a short paoriton of which is exposed on the ventrum of the cranium.
What is the presphenoid bone
300
This is another name for the fourth premolar.
Bonus: how many roots does it have
What is the superior shearing tooth.
Bonus: 2 roots
400
This shallow fossa lies above the maxillary foramen in the lacrimal bone.
Bonus: name the continuation of this fossa
What is the fossa for the lacrimal sac?
Bonus? The fossa for the lacrimal sac is continued rostrally by the nasolacrimal canal that houses the nasolacrimal duct.
400
This forms the temporomandibular joint.
Bonus: this part of the squamous temporal bone forms the caudal border of the temporomandibular joint.
What is the condylar process?
Bonus: what is the retroarticular process
400
This is a median ridge formed bythe parietal and interparietal bones.
Bonus: in brachycephalic breeds this structure may be absent. Name the structures that replace it.
What is the external sagittal crest.
Bonus: What are the temporal lines
400
This is composed of the horizontal parts of the palatine, maxillary and incisive bones
What is the hard palate
400
This piece of cartilage separates the bones involved in the temporomandibular joint.
What is the articular disc
500
This triangular fossa lies on the lateral surface of the ramus of the mandible.
Bonus: name the muscle that inserts there
What is the masseteric fossa.
Bonus: what is the masseter muscle
500
This is the insertion of the pterygoid muscle (medially) and masseter muscle (laterally)
What is the angular process
500
this is a barrel shaped eminence visible after the tympanic bulla has been removed
What is the promontory
500
This opening is located on each side of the midline of the hard palate between the canine teeth
What is the palatine fissure?
500
Name four branches of the opthalmic nerve (branch of CN 5, the trigeminal)