Question | Answer |
Bony structures, or sockets, around the eyes | Orbits |
Nervous system that consists of nerves that control involuntary functions such as the heartbeat and breathing | Autonomic Nervous System |
Cheek bone; also called the Zygomatic bone | Malar |
Fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord | Cerebralspinal fluid (CSP) |
Bones of the spinal column | Vertabrae |
Body system that is divided into 2 subsystems and that provides overall control of thought, sensation, and the voluntary and involuntary motor functions of the body | Nervous System |
Bones that form part of the sides of the skull and floor of the cranial cavity | Temproal Bones |
Bones that form the upper third, or bridge, of the nose | Nasal Bones |
Bony bump on a vertabra that you can feel on a person's back | Spinous process |
Paris of nerves that enter and exit the spinal cord betwen the vertabrae, 12 pairs of cranial nerves that travel between the brain and organs without passing through the spinal cord, and all of the body's other motor and sensory nerves | Peripherial nervous system |
Bruised brain caused when the force of a blow to the head is great enough to rupture blood vessels | Contusion |
Mile closed head injury without detectable damage to the brain | Concussion |
Brain and the spinal cords | Central Nervous System |
Moveable joint formed between the mandible and the temporal bones; called the TM joint | Tempromandibular joint |
Bony structures making up the forehead, top, back,and upper sides of the skull | Cranium |