 | Term | Definition |
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supraorbital notch |
groove int the eyebrow region |
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supraorbital foramen |
supplies blood to the forehead |
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sphenoid bone, "keystone bone" |
temple bone |
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zygomatic bone |
cheek-bone |
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frontal bone |
forehead |
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occipital bone |
bottom and back of the skull |
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temporal bones |
on the sides of the skull |
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parietal bones |
top of the skull |
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mandible |
lower jaw |
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maxillary bone |
upper jaw |
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infraorbital foramen |
face nerves channel |
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foramen magnum |
opening for the spine in the occipital bone |
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sella turcica |
cavity in the sphenoid bone that holds the pituitary gland |
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crista galli |
prominent ridge in the ethmoid bone |
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cribriform plate |
holds smell nerve passages |
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coronoid process |
articulates mandible with temporal bones |
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masseter, temporalis |
2 main chewing muscles |
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paranasal sinuses |
generate mucus lining of the nasal septum and throat |
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nasal septum |
nose - to - throat passage |
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styloid process |
sharp process on the back of the foramen magnum |
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occipital processes |
processes on the occipital bone that articulate with the atlas |
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vomer |
bone in the inferior part of the nasal septum |
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coronal |
suture between parietal and frontal bones |
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squamous |
suture between parietal and temporal bones |
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lambdoid |
suture between parietal and occipital bone |
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sagittal |
suture between parietal bones |
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nasal |
bone in the bridge of the nose |
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sphenoidal |
the temple fontanel |
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mastoid |
behind-the-ear fontanel |
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posterior |
back-of-the-head fontanel |
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anterior |
fontanel that closes last |
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nucleus pulposus |
soft center of an intervertebral disc |
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annulus fibrosus |
tough outside of an intervertebrate disc |
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intervertebral discs |
shock absorbers in the spine |
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pedicle |
part of the vertebral arch that connects to the body |
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lamina |
posterior part of the vertebral arch |
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spinous process |
posterior part of vertebrae |
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vertebra prominens |
special name for C7 |
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articular processes |
articulate between the vertebrae |
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vertebral foramina |
form the spinal cord |
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atlas |
C1 |
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axis |
C2 |
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atlas |
the only bodiless vertebra |
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sacral promontory |
border of the S1 |
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ala |
wings of the sacrum |
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sacral hiatus |
inferior opening of the sacral canal |
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lateral sacral crest |
fused transverse processes in the sacrum |
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median sacral crest |
fused spinous processes in the sacrum |
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sternal angle |
ridge in the sternum |
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jugular notch |
main feature on the superior surface of the sternum |
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xiphisternal joint |
joint between xiphoid process and body of the sternum |
