Anatomy UCF Lab Practical 1

calvaria

skull cap

frontal bone

forms the forehead

temporal bone

parietal bone

a bone forming the central side and upper back part of each side of the skull.

occipital bone

back of head

sphenoid bone

Zygomatic bone

cheek bone

sagittal suture

between parietal bones

coronal/frontal suture

between frontal and parietal bones

bregma

Intersection of Coronal & Sagittal Sutures

lambda

junction of sagittal and lambdoidal sutures

pterion

Junction of frontal, parietal, sphenoid, and temporal bones

lambdoid suture

between parietal bones and occipital bone

asterion

Where Parietal, Occipital, and Temporal Bones meet

mastoid process

round projection on the temporal bone behind the ear

styloid process

temporal process of zygomatic bone

points posteriorly and articulates with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone

zygomatic process of temporal bone

extension from the temporal bone that forms the posterior portion of the zygomatic arch

squamous suture

Between parietal and temporal bones

zygomatic arch

External acoustic (auditory) meatus

opening of the ear

orbits

eye sockets

glabella

between eyebrows

nasal bone

bridge of nose

maxilla

upper jaw

lacrimal bone

small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts

fossa for the lacrimal sac

houses lacrimal sac

ethmoid bone

Light spongy bone between the eye sockets; forms part of the nasal cavities.

perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

superior portion of the bony nasal septum

vomer

forms the inferior portion of the nasal septum

supraorbital margin

The superior rim of the eye socket located on the frontal bone.

infraorbital margin

lower rim of orbit

supraorbital notch or foramen

infraorbital foramen

superior nasal concha

middle nasal concha

inferior nasal concha

superior nasal meatus

middle nasal meatus

inferior nasal meatus

superior orbital fissure

inferior orbital fissure

optic canal

allows the optic nerve to pass to the eye

cribiform plate

superior surface of the ethmoid; perforated by a foramina which allows passage of the olfactory nerves, which provide sense of smell

crista galli

olfactory foramina

sella turcica

depression in the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland is located

greater wing of sphenoid bone

lesser wing of sphenoid bone

foramen rotundum

foramen ovale

foramen lacerum

foramen spinosum

anterior clinoid process

posterior clinoid process

medial pterygoid plate

lateral pterygoid plate

petrous portion

stylomastoid foramen

carotid canal

internal acoustic/auditory meatus

jugular foramen

clivus

slope

external occipital protuberance

bump on back of head

occipital condyles

foramen magnum

hypoglossal canal

palatine bone

horizontal plate of palatine bone

forms posterior part of hard palate

greater palatine foramen

lesser palatine foramen

palatine process of maxilla

roof of the mouth

incisive foramen

mandible

lower jaw

mental foramen

mental protuberance

point of chin

mental symphysis

the point at which the two halves of the mandible are joined

condylar process

coronoid process

mandibular notch

mandibular foramen

groove for the mylohyoid

frontal lobe

parietal lobe

occipital lobe

temporal lobe

longitudinal fissure

separates left and right hemispheres

central sulcus

separates frontal and parietal lobes

precentral gyrus

the strip of frontal cortex, just in front of the central sulcus, that is crucial for motor control

postcentral gyrus

the strip of parietal cortex, just behind the central sulcus, that receives somatosensory information from the entire body

lateral sulcus

Separates temporal lobe from parietal and frontal lobes

cerebellum

transverse fissure

separates cerebrum from cerebellum

paracentral lobule

union of precentral and postcentral gyri of frontal and parietal lobes

precuneus

parieto-occipital sulcus

separates parietal and occipital lobes

cuneus

calcarine sulcus

separates the occipital lobe into superior and inferior halves

lingual gyrus

cingulate gyrus