Anatomy: Cranial and Facial Bones Vocabulary

A collection of vocabulary flashcards identifying the bones and anatomical landmarks of the human skull based on the lecture notes.

Frontal bone

One of the six cranial bones identified in the notes.

Ethmoid bone

A cranial bone that includes features such as the cribriform plate, crista galli, and nasal conchae.

Occipital bone

A cranial bone featuring the occipital condyle and foramen magnum.

Parietal bone

One of the bones listed under the category of cranial bones.

Sphenoid bone

A cranial bone including the greater wing, orbital surface, and sella turcica.

Temporal bone

A cranial bone containing the external acoustic meatus, mandibular fossa, and various processes.

Inferior nasal concha

A specific bone categorized under the facial bones.

Lacrimal bone

One of the bones listed under the category of facial bones.

Mandible

A facial bone that includes the mandibular condyle.

Maxilla

A facial bone featuring the median palatine suture and the palatine process.

Nasal bone

One of the bones categorized as a facial bone.

Palatine bone

A bone listed in the facial bones section of the lecture notes.

Vomer bone

One of the specific bones listed in the facial bones category.

Zygomatic bone

One of the facial bones identified in the notes.

Coronal suture

One of the four main sutures listed in the skull anatomy section.

Lambdoidal suture

A suture of the skull identified alongside the coronal and sagittal sutures.

Sagittal suture

A suture belonging to the group of skull sutures mentioned in the transcript.

Squamosal suture

One of the four sutures of the skull listed in the notes.

Occipital condyle

A specific anatomical feature of the occipital bone.

Foramen magnum

A large opening located in the occipital bone.

Mandibular condyle

A feature of the mandible that sits in the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone.

Median palatine suture

A suture located on the maxilla bone.

Palatine process of maxilla

A specific anatomical feature belonging to the maxilla.

External acoustic meatus

An opening or canal located within the temporal bone.

Mandibular fossa

The depression in the temporal bone where the mandibular condyle sits.

Mastoid process

A bony projection located on the temporal bone.

Styloid process

A pointed anatomical feature of the temporal bone.

Zygomatic process of temporal bone

A process of the temporal bone that extends toward the zygomatic bone.

Frontal sinus

One of the anatomical sinuses identified on page 40 of the material.

Maxillary sinus

A sinus associated with the maxilla bone.

Sphenoidal sinus

An anatomical sinus located within the sphenoid bone.

Cribriform plate

A feature of the ethmoid bone.

Crista galli

A bony ridge that is a part of the ethmoid bone.

Middle nasal concha

An anatomical structure within the ethmoid bone.

Superior nasal concha

One of the conchae features of the ethmoid bone.

Perpendicular plate of ethmoid

A vertical plate that is part of the ethmoid bone structure.

Greater wing of sphenoid

A large, wing-like extension of the sphenoid bone.

Orbital surface of sphenoid

The part of the sphenoid bone that contributes to the eye socket structure.

Sella turcica

A saddle-shaped depression in the sphenoid bone.