A&P lab cranial bones: surface marking
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normansilva1 on August 23, 2011
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A&P lab axial skeleton
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 external auditory meatus | tubelike opening for the ear canal (Temporal bone) |
| mastoid process | rounded projection posterior to external auditory meatus for attachment of muscle, "breast-like" (Temporal bone) |
| styloid process | long, thin projection on inferior skull surface for attachment for muscles and ligaments of the tongue and neck, "point" (Temporal bone) |
| zygomatic process | projection that articulates with zygomatic bone (Temporal bone) |
| jugular foramen | foramen for jugular vein and crania nerves (Temporal bone) |
| stylomastoid foramen | opening for an artery and cranial nerve (Temporal bone) |
| carotid foramen | foramen for internal carotid canal (temporal bone) |
| internal auditory meatus | opening for cranial nerve (Temporal bone) |
| foreman magnum | opening where spinal cord connects with lower brain (occipital bone) |
| occipital condyles | rounded processes that articulate with the atlas (occipital bone) |
| cribriform plates | form roof of nasal canal (ethmoid bone) |
| olfactory foramina | tiny holes in cribriform plates for cranial nerve 1 (ethmoid bone) |
| middle nasal conchae | inferior projections on each lateral wall of nasal cavity (ethmoid bone) |
| superior nasal conchae | superior projections on each lateral wall of nasal cavity (ethmoid bone) |
| foramina ovale | opening for mandibular branch of cranial nerves (sphenoid bone) |
| foramina rotundum | opening for maxilla branches of cranial nerve (sphenoid bone) |
| sella turcica | bony projections that surround and protect pituitary , "turkish saddle" (sphenoid bone) |
| optica foramina | opening for cranial nerve 2 (sphenoid bone) |
| inferior orbital fissures | opening for blood vessels and nerves of (sphenoid bone) |
| superior orbital fissures | opening for blood vessels and cranial nerves 3,4,5,6 (sphenoid bone) |
| pterygoid process | wing like projections on base of skull in the middle section of the sphenoid bone, "wing-shaped" (sphenoid bone) |
| alveoli | tooth socket "socket" (maxilla) |
| palatine process of maxilla | fused processes that form the anterior part of the hard palate (maxilla) |
| condylar processes of mandible | rounded processes on rami that articulate with temporal bone at the mandibular fossa (mandible) |
| rami | posterior branches of mandible |
| paranasal sinuses | 4 mucus lined cavities near the nasal cavities located in the ethmoid, frontal, maxillary, sphenoid bones |
| fontanel | membranous section of the fetal/newborn skull made of fibrous connective tissue |
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