Chapter 2: Skull and Brain Anatomy

1

crista galli

2

cribiform plate

3

perpendicular plate

4

vomer

5

ethmoid air cells

6

maxillary sinus

1

sphenoid bone

2

frontal bone

3

parietal bone

4

occipital bone

5

temporal bone

6

external acoustic meatus

7

mastoid process

8

mandibular condyle

9

styloid process

1

septal cartilage

2

perpendicular plate of the ethmoid

3

vomer

1

palatine process of the maxilla

2

horizontal lamina of the palatine bone

1

central sulcus

2

parieto-occipital fissure

3

sylvian fissure

1

head of caudate nucleus

2

putamen

3

body of caudate nucleus

4

thalamus

5

tail of caudate nucleus

1

head of caudate nucleus

2

putamen

3

globus pallidus

4

lenticular nuclei

5

thalamus

6

body of caudate nucelus

internal capsule

separates thalamus and globus pallidus

external capsule

separates putamen and claustrum

1

extreme capsule

2

external capsule

3

internal capsule

4

thalamus

5

caudate nucleus

6

claustrum

7

putamen

8

globus pallidus

1

dura mater

2

arachnoid mater

3

subarachnoid mater (filled with CSF)

4

pia mater

1

falx cerebri - separates L&R of cerebrum

2

tentorium cerebelli - separates cerebellum from posterior portion of cerebrum

1

coronal suture

2

lambdoid suture

3

squamous suture

1

sphenoid bone

2

nasal bone

3

zygomatic bone

4

maxilla

5

mandible

ramus

vertical portion of mandibles, projects upwards to the ears

petrous ridge

part of the temporal bone - contains the structures of the inner ear

frontal lobe controls

motor and voluntary muscle control

parietal lobe controls

interpreting general sensory information and word+visual association

temporal lobe controls

auditory center

occipital lobe controls

vision and visual association

1

body of corpus callosum

2

hypothalamus

3

thalamus

4

splenum of corpus collosum

5

cerebellum

6

pons

7

pituitary gland

8

medulla oblongata

9

genu of corpus collosum

cerebellum role

motor coordination and fine motor movement and balance

where do neural tracts coming from the spinal cord dessucate?

medulla oblongata

thalamus role

directs sensory signals

hypothalamus role

maintaining homeostasis

pituitary gland role

secrete hormones