Bones of the Skull - Important Parts

These flashcards cover the important terminology and definitions related to the bones of the skull as presented in the lecture notes.

Foramen

A hole or opening in a bone.

Fossa

A depression in a bone.

Crest

A ridge or edge on a bone.

Meatus

A tunnel-like cavity in a bone.

Condyle

A rounded projection on a bone.

Process

A projection from a bone.

Plate

A flat projection from a bone.

Facet

A flat surface on a bone.

Tubercle

A round projection on a bone.

Frontal bone

• Frontal sinus
• Coronal suture

Parietal bone

• Sagittal suture

Temporal bone

• External auditory meatus
• Mastoid process
• Mastoid sinus
• Mandibular fossa
• Zygomatic process
• Squamosal suture

Occipital bone

• Foramen magnum
• Condyles
• Lambdoidal suture

Sphenoid bone

• Greater wing
• Sella turcica
• Sphenoid sinu

Ethmoid bone

• Crista galli
• Cribriform plate and olfactory foramina
• Perpendicular plate
• Conchae

Mandible

• Condyles