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Kinesiology 1
Head Neck & Face
Term | Definition |
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nuchal | back of neck |
occiput | back of skull |
external occipital protruberance | AKA bump of knowledge |
fontanels | 6 unossified gaps in the skull |
hyoid | only bone not attached to any other bone |
hyoid | connects to the tongue |
vomer | bone shaped like a plow |
temporal bone | houses the ear |
temporal bone | bone the mastoid process is on |
SCM | in the triangles of the neck, what is the common structure |
zygomatic arch | cheekbone |
styloid process | fanglike |
styloid process | behind the earlobe |
mandible | lower jaw bone |
hyoid | horseshoe shaped bone |
hyoid | attachment site for suprahyoid & infrahyoid muscles |
sphenoid bone | located inside the cranium, has major articulations with 14 bones of the skull |
sphenoid bone | shaped like a butterfly, lateral portions called the greater wings |
zygomatic | attachment site for the masseter muscle |
maxilla | inferior portion of orbit of eye, upper jaw in which the upper row of teeth articulate |
coronoid process | anterior to the condyle of the mandible & attachment site of the temporalis muscle |
mandible | jaw |
temporomandibular joint | most frequently used join in the body 2,000 - 3,000 times/day |