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AXIAL SKELETON Lab
Question | Answer |
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Sagittal suture | Between 2 parietals |
Coronal suture | Between parietals and frontal |
Squamous suture | Between temporal and parietal |
Styloid process | Thing hanging down below EAM |
Mastoid process | Flap of temporal bone |
Lambdoidal suture | Between occipital and parietals |
Foramen magnum | Hole in bottom of skull |
Occipital condyles | articulate with C1 |
Structures of Sphenoid | 1. greater wings -lowest part of skull 2. hypophyseal fossa -indent in middle ridge 3. lesser wings - manta ray 4. optic foramina -below manta, above hypophyseal fossa |
Structures of Ethmoid | 1. olfactory foramina (or formen) -holes in plate 2. cribriform plate -houses holes |
Markings of Mandible | anchors inferior teeth 1. mandibular condyle -back high part of mandible 2. mandibular foramen -hole on INSIDE |
Maxillae | anchors superior teeth -anterior part of hard palate |
Palatine | posterior part of hard palate |
Zygomatic | Diagonal to eyes, above cheeks |
Lacrimal | Finger nail shape in medial part of eye socket |
Nasal | nose bone |
Vomer | Bottom part of thin ridge in nose |
Hyoid | not a facial bone, horseshoe shaped, doesn't articulate, in neck |
Typical vertebra parts | A. Body (fat part) B. Vertebral Foramen (hole in center) C. Transverse Processes (bump on giraffe arm) D. Transverse Foramen (holes next to body, only in cervical) E. Spinous Process (ridge that points up) |
The Sacrum | 5 fused vertebrae |
The Coccyx | 3 to 5 small irregular shaped vertebrae |
Manubrium | Bow tie part of sternum |
Body | Long part of sternum |
Xiphoid Process | Small lower part of sternum |