Bones of the skull
location of bones
sutures and features
foramens
other
100

How many cranial bones are there?


8 bones that cover and protect the brain 

100

what form the upper jaw bones, start out as 2 bones and then become fused?

what is Maxillae

100

frontal bone suture and what does it seperates?


what is...Coronal Suture. and it's A zig zag line that 

Connects Frontal Bone with Parietal Bone

100

where is the Supraorbital Foramen?

what is... it's Located Superior (above) the Orbit (eye)

Little hole that blood vessels and nerves pass through

100

whats the vomer? 

  • forms the base for the nasal septum, 
  • Single, flat bone
  • Unpaired
200

How many facial bones? and list them!!

14 facial bones 

-zygomatic 

- maxillary 

- palatine

- nasal

- lacrimal

- inferior nasal conchae

- vomer 

mandible 

200

parts of the temporal bone

what is?

  1. Squamous Suture
  2. Zygomatic Process
  3. Mandibular (glenoid) Fossa
  4. Auditory Meatus
  5. Mastoid Process
  6. Styloid Process
200

what does the Sagittal Suture do?

what is..Connects the right and left sides of the Parietal Bones

200

The name for a hole in the bone where blood vessels and nerves can pass through is:

what is formen

200

which forms the posterior part of the hard palate, paired

what is Palatine bones

300

what are the cranial bones? 

frontal, occipital, sphenoid, ethmoid, temporal, Parietal. 

300

ouches every other bone in the Cranium

  • Looks like a bat or a butterfly

what is...?
Sphenoid bone 

300

features of the occipital bone 

what is

  1. Lambdoid Suture (separates occipital from parietal) 
  2. Foramen Magnum
  3. External Occipital Protruberance
  4. Occipital Condyles
300

foramen located behind 8 and 9 on the hard palate. 

Incisive foramen

300

the zygomatic process and the temporal process forms?

what is the zygomatic arch?

400

The paired cranial and facial bones are?

what is..cranial
- Parietal 2 and temporal 2

what is facial

- nasal 2
- lacrimal 2
- INC 2
- Maxilla 2
- zygomatic 2 and palatine 2

400

Ethmoid bone 

what is...located in the base of the skull, inside nasal cavity and orbit, unpaired

400

what is shape like a horseshoe and doesn't articulate with any other bone in the body? 

What is the hyoid bone? 

  • Does not articulate with any other bone in the body
  • Primary support for the tongue and other muscles
  • Shaped like a horseshoe
  • Unpaired
400

what is the foramen located on the Mental protuberance?

what is mental foramen (located on the chin= Mental protuberance)

400

are the smallest of the Facial bones.  Make up part of the orbit at the inner angle of the eye, paired  and Houses tear duct

what is Lacrimal bone

500

what is the longest, strongest and only movable bone of the face? 

what is Mandible?

500

nasal bones 

what is...Nasal Bones form the bridge of the nose, paired

  • Rest of the nose is made up of cartilage
500

how many Auditory bones are there?

500

Made up by the temporal and mandibular bones along with a cartilage disc?

What is the TMJ (temporal mandibular joint)

500

where is the Superior nasal concha located? 

what is Located inside the nasal cavity, below the Ethmoid bone, paired