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21 Cards in this Set
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Alveolar process |
Portion of the maxillary bones that forms the support for teeth of the maxillary |
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Short passageway opening for blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments |
Foramen |
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Long passageway |
Canal |
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Hollow, grooved, or depression |
Fossa |
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External opening of a canal |
Meatus |
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Projection of bone (one bone going into another area of bone) |
Process |
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A small projection of bone |
Tubercle |
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Line where the bone articulates and forms a joint that does not move |
Suture |
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Site where bones come together and form a cartilaginous joint |
Symphysis |
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A large, rounded process on a bone |
Tuberosity |
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What two sections are the human skull divided into? |
Cranium - 8 bones, protects the brain The face - 14 bones |
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What are the single bones in the cranium? |
Frontal bone Occipital bone Sphenoid bone Ethmoid bone |
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What are the paired bones in the cranium? |
Parietal Temporal |
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Soft spot where the sutures between the frontal and parietal bones have not yet closed |
Soft spot |
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What are the 14 bones of the face? (Bones visible on the anterior view of the skull) |
Lacrimal bone (paired) Nasal Bone (paired) Vomer Nasal concha (paired) Zygomatic bone (paired) Maxilla (paired) Mandible (largest and longest moveable bone in the body) Palatine bones (not visible on the anterior view) |
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Temporal bone - Ossicles |
6 auditory bones of the middle ear -malleus -incus -stapes |
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External acoustic meatus of temporal bone |
Passage of the outer ear |
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Sphenoid bone |
-1 bone -Greater wing and lesser wing of the sphenoid - forms anterior base of the skull - sphenoid sinuses |
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What are the 8 bones of the cranium |
Parietal bone- form roof and upper sides of cranium Frontal bone- forms forehead, part of floor of cranium, most of the roof of orbits Occipital bone- forms the back and base of the cranium Foramen magnum -where the spinal cord passes through Temporal bones- Styloid process of temporal bone Mastoid process of temporal bone |
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Lamboid suture |
Joins the parietal bones to the occipital bone |
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Sphenoid bone - lesser wing of sphenoid |
Articulates with the ethmoid bone and frontal bone and forms part of the orbit |