Skull Anatomy 1
This bone of the skull forms your forehead
What is the frontal bone?
What bones form the top and sides the skull?
Parietal Bones
The bones of the skull are joined by these immovable joints
What are sutures?
This bone of the skull forms the upper jaw
Maxilla
What are the bones of the ear called?
What are ossicles?
This bone separates the nasal cavity from the brain
ethmoid bone
These bones, also known as your cheekbones, articulate with multiple other bones of the skull
What are the zygomatic bones?
Name 2 out of 3 actions that the TMJ allows us to do
What is Mastication (Chewing/
Eating), talking/speech, breathing.
What are the paranasal sinuses in the nasal (facial) bones lined with called?
What are mucous membranes?
Sutures are a type of joint that is immovable - what is another name for this type of joint?
Synarthrodial Joint
This bone is considered the "keystone" of the cranium because all other bones of the cranium connect to it
What is the sphenoid bone?
This bone forms the posterior (base) of the cranium
Occipital Bone
What are the smallest bones in the human body.
What are the ossicles?
What are the Two bony landmarks that serve as attachment sites for the muscle of the mouth/jaw?
mastoid process & styloid process
What part of the skull are the bones of the ear located?
What is the temporal bone?
Nasal (facial) bones holds this important structure that lighten the bones of the skull
Paranasal Sinuses are air-filled spaces located within these bones of the skull.
What two bones for the TMJ joint?
What is the mandible and the temporal bone of the cranium.
What bone includes the hard palate?
Maxilla
The intermaxillary suture fuses the pair of maxillae to form this part of the skull. (Layman term for Maxilla)
What is the upper jaw?
The temporal bones are overlaid by these external parts of the skull.
What are the temples?
What is the function of the Foramen Magnum? What does it connect?
foramen magnum is the hole where the spinal cord passes through to connect to the brain.
What is another name for Cervical Vertebrae 1 and what joint does it form with the occiput?
What is the Atlas?
What is the Atlas that joins with the occipital bone to form the atlanto-occipital joint?
How many bones make up the Skull?
Divide the Cranium Bones and the Facial Bones - Give the # of each
What is 22 Bones in Total?
What are 8 Cranial & 14 Facial Bones?
Name all 4 bones that the zygomatic bones articulate with
What are the maxilla, temporal bone, sphenoid & frontal bone.
What is a special property that the TMJ has that allows for movement at the joint?
TMJ is a synovial joint with an articulating disc that allows for complex movements