skull

What aspect of the vertebral column does the skull rest on?

how many bones does the skull have and what are their groups?

How many cranial bones are there? facial?

What are the two groups of cranial bones? Which bones belong to which group?

what do the facial bones provide?

what is the spongy tissue in bone called?

what is the only bone of the cranium not joined by a suture?

what are the 4 sutures of the skull?

which suture is found between the frontal and parietal bones?

which suture is found on the top of the head between the parietal bones?

what is the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures called?

which suture is found between the temporal and parietal bones?

which suture is found between the occipital and parietal bones?

what is the junction of the lambdoidal and sagittal sutures?

What is the pterion and what aspect of the skull is it on?

what is the asterion?

what is a fontanel?

where is the anterior fontanel located?

where is the posterior fontanel located?

where are the sphenoidal fontanelles located?

where are the mastoid fontanelles located?

during which time period do the sphenoidal and posterior fontanelles close?

during which time period do the mastoid and anterior fontanelles close?

when is adult density of the brain achieved?

what are the three regions of the cranial floor?

where does the anterior cranial fossa extend to?

where does the middle cranial fossa extend to?

what is the deep depression posterior to the petrous ridges? what does is protect?

what is a typical skull called? what angle does it form with the MSP?

What is a shorter, wider skull called? what angle does it form with the MSP?

What is the longer, narrower skull called? what angle does it form with the MSP?

what are typical skull measurements?

how far does the deviation of normal head length vary?

what is the vertical portion of the frontal bone called? what does it form?

what does the horizontal portion of the frontal bone form?

where is the frontal eminence located?

where are the superciliary ridges located?

what is the supraorbital foramen and where is it located?

where are the frontal sinuses located?

what does the squama articulate with and where?

what cranial bones does the frontal bone articulate with?

what seperates the orbital plates?

where is the nasal spine located?

what do the posterior margin of the orbital plates articulate with?

what does the ethmoid bone consist of?

what is a labyrinth?

where is the ethmoid bone located? what does is form?

what is the horizontal portion of the ethmoid bone called? Vertical?

why is there foramina in the cribiform plate?

what is the thick, conical process of the ethmoid bone? what does this serve as an attachment for?

what do the labyrinths contain?

what do the walls of the labyrinths form?

what are the two thin, scroll like processes on the medial walls of the labyrinth?

what cranial bones does the ethmoid bone articulate with?

what do the parietal bones form?

where do the parietal bones articulate with each other?

what is the buldge near the central portion of the external surface of each parietal bone called?

Where should the width of the head be measured?

which cranial bones do the parietal bones articulate with?

what does the sphenoid bone resemble?

where is the sphenoid bone located?

what does the sphenoid consist of?

what are the spenoid sinuses seperated by and where are they located?

what does the anterior part of the sphenoid body form?

what is the sella turcica and where is it located?

what does the sella turcica contain?

where exactly does the sella turcica lie in relation to the EAM

what bounds the sella turcica?

what is the clivus?

what does the clivus support?

what is the carotid sulcus and where is it located?

where does the optic groove extend to?

what is the optic canal?

what do the lesser wings of the sphenoid form?

what forms the anterior clinoid process?

what do the greater wings of the sphenoid form?

where are the Pterygoid processes located and what do they consist of?

which bones of the cranium does the sphenoid articulate with

what part of the cranium is the occipital bone located on?

what does the occipital bone form?

what are the four parts of the occipital bone?

what passes through the foramen magnum to exit the cranial cavity and joins the spinal cord

what cranial bones does the squama articulate with?

where is the inion located?

what are the occipitoatlantal joints

where are the hypoglossal canals found? what do they do?

where are the condylar canals found and what do they do?

where is the jugular foramen?

what does the jugular foramen do?

what cranial bones does the occipital bone articulate with?

where are the temporal bones located?

what do the temporal bones form?

what do the temporal bones consist of?

what forms the temporomandibular joint(TMJ)

how long is the EAM?

is the mastoid process larger in males or females?

what is the name given to the first mastoid air cell to develop?

what is the thickest, densest bone in the cranium?

where is the IAM located?

what is the upper border of the petrous portion referred to as?

which bones of the cranium do the temporal bones articulate with?

what are the 3 main divisions of the hearing organs?

what are the two main parts of the external ear?

what does the middle ear consist of?

how long is the auditory tube?

which 3 bones permit vibratory motion?

what does the inner ear contain?

what are the 3 parts of the bony labyrinth of the ear?

what do the two nasal bones form?

what do the nasal bones articulate with?

what are the two smallest bones in the skull?

where are the lacrimal bones located?

what do the lacrimal bones and the maxillae form?

what does each lacrimal bone contain?

what do the lacrimal bones articulate with?

which projections can the lacrimal bones be seen on?

which are the largest and immovable facial bones?

which bones do the maxillary bones articulate with?

what do the maxillary bones form?

what does the maxillary sinus empty into?

where is the alveolar process? what is it?

what is the midpoint of the anterior nasal spine called?

what do the zygomatic bones form?

what forms the zygomatic arch?

what does the zygomatic bone articulate with?

which two bones are L shaped?

what are the palatine bones composed of?

what do the horizontal plates of the palatine bones articulate with? veritcal?

why are the nasal conchae covered in a mucous membrane?

where is the vomer located?

what does the mandible consist of?

what forms the gonion?

what is the most anterior part of the mandible?

what seperates the coronoid and condylar processes of the mandible?

the TMJ slants posteriorly and inferiorly how many degrees?

what shape is the hyoid bone?

where is the hyoid bone located?

what holds the hyoid bone in place?

which bone of the skull is not an accessory bone?

what is the only bone in the body that doesnt articulate with another bone?

what does the hyoid bone consist of?

how many different bones does each orbit consist of?

how many cranial bones make up the orbit? what are they?

how many facial bones make up the orbit? what are they?

which bones form the circumference of the orbit?

what are the sutures of the skull connected by?

what kind of joints are in the skull?

what type of joint is the TMJ?

what are the paranasal sinuses?

what are the purposes of the paranasal sinuses?

which sinuses are present at birth?

which sinuses develop around the age of 6?

which sinuses develop during puberty?

what do the sinuses communicate with?

which sinuses are the largest?

what shape are the maxillary sinuses? how many walls do they have?

what are the second largest sinuses?

where are the frontal sinuses located?

which sinus can be absent?

where do the maxillary, ethmoid, and frontal sinuses drain?

where are the ethmoidal sinuses located?

how many cells are in the middle and anterior air cells?

how many cells are in the posterior air cells?

where are the sphenoidal sinuses located?

where do the sphenoidal sinuses empty into

what degree angle exists between the OML and IOML in the adult?

what degree angle exists between the OML and glabellomeatal line in the adult?

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