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Chapter 19 keywords
Question | Answer |
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the superior prominence formed at the junction of the two the upper lip | Acanthion |
traumatic opening between the orbital floor and the maxillary sinus, usually caused by a blow to the eye | Blowout fracture |
a blow to the head that causes a brief unconsciousness or disorientation | Cerebral concussion |
brain injury caused by movement of the brain within the cranium that results from a severe blow to the head on the opposite side | Contrecoup injury |
the eight bones that surround the brain; the brain case | Cranium |
the palpable bony prominence in the approximate center of the occipital bone | External occipital protuberance (EOP) / Inion |
– the large round hole in the anterior portion of the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes | Foramen magnum |
a malignant bone disease that may involve many bones of the body; a type of bone cancer | Multiple myeloma |
medical term for the bony sockets that house the eyes | Orbit |
the rounded fossa in the center of the anterior superior surface of the sphenoid bone; the location of the pituitary gland | Sella turcica |
a synarthroidal joint that connects the bones of the cranium; a stitch used to close a wound or the material used to close a wound in this way | Suture |
the portion of the cranium on which surrounds the brain | Calvaria |