Human Skeletal System: Skull
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antidote518 on March 10, 2012
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Skull of the human skeletal system. Bold white arrows and circles are what need to be defined.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Articulation | Occurs where two or more bones fit together and form a joint. |
| Right Parietal |  Articulates with parietal, frontal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid. |
| Frontal Bone |  Articulates with Parietals, Temporals, Nasals, Ethmoids, Sphenoids, Zygomatics, Lacrimals. |
| Suborbital Ridge Bone |  |
| Right Nasal Bone |  Articulates with nasal, frontal, maxillary, and ethmoid. |
| Sphenoid Bone |  |
| Zygomatic Bone |  Articulates with temporal, frontal, maxillary, sphenoid. |
| Perpendicular Plate of the Ethmoid Bone |  Articulates inferiorly with the vomer. |
| Vomer |  Articulates superiorly with the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone and inferiorly with the maxillary and the palatine. |
| Infraorbital Foramen |  |
| Maxilla |  |
| Ramus of the Mandible |  Articulates with the temporal bone. |
| Mandible |  |
| Mental Foramen |  |
| Mandible |  Articulates with the temporal bones. |
| Palatine Process of the Maxilla |  Articulates posteriorly with the horizontal plate of the palatine bone. |
| Horizontal Plate of the Palatine Bone |  |
| Temporal Process of the Zygomatic bone |  Articulates posteriorly with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone. |
| Pterygoid Process of the Sphenoid Bone |  |
| Zygomatic Process of the Temporal Bone |  |
| Occipital Bone |  Articulates with parietals, temporals, and the sphenoid. |
| Mastoid Process of the Temporal Bone |  |
| Occipital Condyle |  Articulates with the Atlas. |
| Foramen Magnum |  Spinal cord passes through it. |
| Parietal Bone |  |
| Occipital Bone |  |
| Frontal Bone |  |
| Sagittal Suture |  |
| Lambdoidal Suture |  |
| Coronal Suture |  |
| Occipital Bone |  |
| Frontal Bone |  |
| Foramen Magnum |  |
| Petrous Portion of the Temporal Bone |  |
| Occipital Bone |  |
| Sella Turcica of the Sphenoid Bone |  Holds the pituitary gland. |
| Lesser Wing of the Sphenoid Bone |  |
| Greater Wing of the Sphenoid Bone |  |
| Crista Galli of the Ethmoid Bone |  |
| Olfactory Foramina |  Olfactory nerves pass through these openings. |
| Sphenoid Sinus |  |
| Maxillary Sinus |  |
| Squamous Portion of the Temporal Bone |  |
| Petrous Portion of the Temporal Bone |  |
| Lambdoidal Suture |  |
| Squamous Suture |  |
| Coronal Suture |  |
| Alveolar Process of the Mandible |  |
| Horizontal Plate of the Palatine Bone |  |
| Palatine Process of the Maxillary Bone |  |
| Ethmoid Sinus |  |
| Frontal Sinus |  |
| Zygomatic Process |  |
| Sphenoid Bone |  |
| Coronoid Process of the Mandible |  |
| Angle of the Mandible |  |
| Mandibular Condyle |  |
| Squamous Portion of the Temporal Bone |  |
| Mastoid Process of the Temporal Bone |  |
| Mental Foramen |  |
| External Acoustic Meatus |  |
| Squamous Suture |  |
| Lambdoidal Suture |  |
| Crista Galli of the Ethmoid Bone |  |
| Cribriform Plate of the Ethmoid Bone |  |
| Lesser Wing of the Sphenoid Bone |  |
| Sella Turcica |  Pituitary Gland resides atop it. |
| Petrous Portion of the Temporal Bone |  Contains the auditory ossicles; incus, malleus, and stapes. |
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