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The skull AP1

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The most complex part of the skeleton   skull  
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22 bones joined together by sutures   skull  
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Number of cranial bones that surround the cranial cavity   8  
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Number of facial bones support teeth, facial, and jaw muscles   14  
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2 types of bones in skull and number of each   14 facial and 8 cranial  
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Only moveable facial bone   mandible  
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Name 4 paranasal sinuses   frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, and maxillary  
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Lines mucous membrane and air-filled   paranasal sinuses  
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Lighten the anterior portion of skull   paranasal sinuses  
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Acts as chamber that adds resonance to the voice   paranasal sinuses  
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Lighten skull, provide resonance to the voice, assist in arming and humidifying the air that we breathe   paranasal sinuses  
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Largest paranasal sinus   maxillary  
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Cranial fossa consists of what two parts?   cranium and base  
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Protects the brain and associated sense organs   cranium  
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Consists of two parts: the calvaria and the cranial base   cranium  
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Two parts of cranium   calvaria and cranial base  
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Three basins of the Base of cranial fossa   anterior cranial fossa, middle cranial fossa, and posterior cranial fossa  
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Forms forehead and part of the roof of the cranium   frontal bone  
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Posterior boundary of frontal bone   coronal suture  
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Forms roof of the orbit   supraorbital margin  
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Provides passage for nerve, artery, and vein   supraorbital foramen  
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Smooth area above roof of the nose   glabella  
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Contains the frontal sinuses   glabella  
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Form most of cranial roof and part of its lateral walls   parietal bones  
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Bone bordered by 4 sutures   parietal bone  
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4 sutures that border parietal bone   sagittal, coronal, lambdoid, and squamous  
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serves as attachments of the terporalis muscle of the parietal bone   two temporal lines  
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lateral wall and part of floor of cranial cavity   temporal bones  
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encircled by squamous suture   squamous part of temporal bones  
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rear and base of skull   occipital bone  
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foramen magnum holds what?   spinal cord  
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skull rests on ?   atlas  
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where does the skull articulate with the atlas?   Occipital condyles  
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largest foramen in skull   foramen magnum  
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hyaline cartilage -> bone   endochondral ossification  
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fetal skeleton is made of ?   hyaline cartilage  
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All bones inferior to skull EXCEPT WHAT undergo E.O.?   clavicles  
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Chondrocytes   mature cartilage cells  
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True or False? Chondrocytes undergo mitosis   true  
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Enlarge and calcify to form tribiculae   chondrocytes  
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Growth plate (in infants only)   epiphyseal plate  
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Where bones form joints with other bones; where tendons, ligaments, & muscles attach,; and where blood vessels and nerves have passed   sutures  
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Parts of the sphenoid bone   greater wing, lesser wing, and body  
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Contributes to medial wall of eye orbit; lateral walls and roof of nasal cavity and nasal septum; internal between eyes   ethmoid bone  
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Three major portions of the ethmoid bone   perpendicular plate, cribform plate, and labyrinth  
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Forms superior two-thirds of nasal septum (top)   perpendicular plate  
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Forms roof of nasal cavity (bottom)   cribform plate  
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Attachment point of meninges   crista galli  
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Large mass on each side of perpendicular plate   labyrinth  
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How many facial bones?   14  
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Facial bones are made up of what bones?   2 nasal bones, 2 maxillae, 2 zygomatic bones, 2 mandible, 2 lacrimal bones, 2 palatine bones, 2 inferior nasal conchae, and 1 vomer  
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Forms bridge of nose, supports cartilage that shape lower portions of nose and often fractured by a blow to the nose   nasal bone  
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Largest facial bone   maxillary  
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Forms upper jaw and meet each other at the median   maxillary bones  
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Boney points in between teeth   aveolar process  
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Socket that holds teeth   alveolus  
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Forms most of the hard palate   maxillary bones  
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Forms the roof of the mouth and floor of nasal cavity   palate  
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Larger in volume than frontal, sphenoid, and ethmoid sinuses   maxillary sinus  
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Forms angle of the cheekbones and part of the lateral orbital walls   zygomatic bones  
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Formed from temporal process of zygomatic bone and zygomatic process of temporal bone   zygomatic arch  
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Strongest bone of the skull   mandible  
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Only bone of skull that moves noticeably   mandible  
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Supports lower teeth   mandible  
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Provides attachments for muscles of facial expressions and mastication (chewing)   mandible  
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Median cartilaginous joint in the fetus   mental symphysis  
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Develops as two separate bones in fetus and ossifies in early childhood   mental symphysis  
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Point of chin   mental protuberance  
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Body of this bone supports teeth   mandible  
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Ramus of mandible articulates with ?   cranium  
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Where body and ramus meet   angle of mandible  
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Bears the mandibular condyle   condylar process  
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Oval knob that articulates with the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone forming the hinge temporomandibular joint   mandibular condyle  
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Process of insertion of temporalis muscle   coronoid process  
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Parts of mandible   condylar process, coronoid process, mandibular notch, and mandibular foramen  
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Forms part of the medial wall of each orbit   lacrimal bones  
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Smallest bone of skull   lacrimal bones  
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Houses lacrimal sac in life   lacrimal fossa  
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Tears collect HERE and drain into nasal cavity   lacrimal sac  
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L-shaped bones   palatine bones  
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Forms the posterior portion of the hard palate (part of the lateral nasal cavity wall and part of the orbital floor)   palatine bones  
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Largest of the three conchae in the nasal cavity   inferior nasal conchae  
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Superior and middle conchae are part of the ____   ethmoid bone  
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Inferior half of the nasal septum   vomer  
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Superior half formed by perpendicular plate of ethmoid   vomer  
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Supports cartilage that forms the anterior part of the nasal septum   vomer  
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7 bones of eye orbit   ethmoid, palatine, frontal , sphenoid bone, mailla, zygomatic bone, lacrimal bone  
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Only unarticulated bone   hyoid bone  
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Three bones in each middle ear (auditory ossicles)   malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), stapes (stirrup)  
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Smallest bone of ear   stapes  
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Slender u-shaped bone between the chin and larynx   hyoid  
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What bone signals evidence of strangulation if fractured?   hyoid  
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Space between unfused bones   fontanels  
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Filled with fibrous membrane; allows shifting of bones during birth and growth of brain   fontanels  
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6 fontanels in infant skull   anterior, posterior, 2 sphenoid, and 2 mastoidal  
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Two frontal bones fuse by age 6 causing what suture?   metopic suture  
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What age does the skull reach adult size?   8 or 9 years of age  
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