bio153l: axial skeleton

axial skeleton

the “axis”; skull, vertebral column, and thoracic cage

appendicular skeleton

the “appendages”; arms, legs (and shoulders and hips)

foramen

hole or opening in a bone

fossae

basin like depression in bone

suture

an immovable fibrous joint

articulation

a joint or connection between bones

articulate

to form a joint

ramus

a bony projection

condyle

a smooth like prominence on a bone where it forms a joint with another bone

concha

bone curled like a sea shell

supraorbital foramen

glabella

crack in the middle of the forehead

frontal sinuses

paritetal bone

temporal bone

close to temple on face

zygomatic process

mandibular fossa

external acoustic meatus

styloid process

mastoid process

jugular foramen

carotid canal

sphenoid bone

sella turcica

turkish saddle: location of pituitary gland

greater wings

-background of sella turcica

forms part of floor of cranial cav, contains many foramina

lesser wings

anterior (front of) greater wings

optic canal

opening for the passage of eyes

foramen ovale

opening passage of mandibular branch

occipital bone

back of the head

foramen magnum

“large hole”

opening passage for the spinal cord

occipital condyles

allows you to nod head yes

external occipital crest

bump at base of skull

ethmoid bone

located between ur eye sockets

cribriform plates

has tiny holes

crista galli

superior projection between 2 cribriform plates

superior nasal conchae

bony ridges of the ethmoid bone that protrudes into nasal cavities

middle nasal conchae

ethmoid sinuses

coronal suture

squamous suture

sagittal suture

lambdoid suture

mandible

body of the mandible

mandibular ramus

coronoid process

mandibular condyle

alveolar margin

mandibular foramen

mental foramen

mandibular angle

mandibular notch

maxillary bones

alveolar margin (maxilla)

palatine process

roof of mouth

maxillary sinus

incisive fossa

infraorbital foramen

zygomatic bones

nasal bones

lacrimal bones

lacrimal fossa

palatine bones

vomer

inferior nasal conchae

paranasal sinuses (FESM)

cervical

thoracic

lumbar

sacrum

coccyx

typical vertebrae body

typical vertebrae: vertebral arch

typical vertebrae: vertebral foramen

typical vertebrae: spinous process

typical vertebrae: transverse process

superior articular processes

inferior articular processes

intervertebral formen

cervical vertebrae

transverse foramen (cervical)

atlas

has no body

axis

dens

vertebra prominens

thoracic vertebrae

superior costal facets

inferior costal facets

transverse costal facets

lumbar vertebrae

superior articular facets

faces medially

inferior articular facets

faces laterally

auricular surface

sacral foramina

holes closest to the middle

median sacral crest

sacral canal

pit at the top

transverse ridges

ala

sacral hiatus

lateral sacral crest