The Skull

cranial bones

Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital, Sphenoid, Ethmoid

Supraorbital foramen

Mastoid Process

styloid process

stylomastoid foramen

internal auditory meatus; '

passageway for facial nerve (CN VII) [motor to muscles of facial expressions; sensory is taste] and vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII) [hearing and equilibrium]

carotid canal; passageway for internal carotid artery

zygomatic arch; formed by zygomatic process of temporal bone and temporal process of zygomatic bone

mandibular fossa; articulates with mandibular condyle of mandible, forming temporomandibular joint (TMJ)

external acoustic meatus/external auditory canal; associated with sense of hearing

foramen magnum; passageway for spinal cord, blood vessels, and nerves

occipital condyle; articulates with superior articular facets of atlas, forming atlantooccipital joint

hypoglossal canal; passageway for hypoglossal nerve (CN XII) [motor to tongue]

jugular foramen; passageway for internal jugular vein

greater wing

lesser wing

sphenoid body

I DONT KNOW

sphenoid sinus

space above sella turcica

Hypophyseal fossa; houses pituitary gland

sella turcica; space above is hypophyseal fossa

optic canal/foramen; passageway for optic nerve (CN II) [vision]

foramen rotundum; passageway for the trigeminal nerve (CN V₂) [sensation to middle of the face]

foramen ovale; passageway for trigeminal nerve (CN V₃) [sensation to lower face, jaw; motor to muscles of mastication]

foramen spinosum

foramen lacerum

superior orbital fissue;

passageway for trigeminal nerve (CNV) [sensory to forehead] + oculomotor (CN III), trochlear (CN IV), and abducens (CN VI) [controls eye movement]

crista galli; attaches falx cerebri

cribriform plate

cribriform foramina; passageway for olfactory nerve (CN 1) [olfaction]

middle nasal concha

inferior nasal concha

top part

perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

vomer

nasal septum; formed by perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone and vomer

4 sutures

coronal, sagittal, lamboid, squamous

coronal suture

sagittal suture

lamboid suture

squamous suture

frontal bone

parietal bone

temporal bone

occipital bone

sphenoid bone

bone?

ethmoid bone

what type of joint are sutures?

synarthrotic, fibrous

zygomatic bone

lacrimal bone

*not the bone

lacrimal groove

nasal bone

palatine bone

maxilla bone

palatine process of the maxilla

I DONT KNOW

maxillary sinus

infraorbital foramen

inferior orbital fissure

mandible

mandible body

mandible ramus

mandibular angle

mental protuberance

mental foramen

mandibular condyle- articulates with mandibular fossa of temporal bone, forming temporomandibular joint (TMJ)

coronoid process- attaches temporalis muscle

mandibular notch

mandibular foramen

orbit bones

sphenoid, ethmoid, maxilla, frontal, palatine, lacrimal, zygomatic

orbit features

superior orbital fissure, inferior orbital fissure, optical canal, lacrimal fossa

fontanelles

soft spots on a baby's skull where the cranial bones have not yet fused together

mastoid, sphenoid, posterior, anterior

mastoid fontanelle

sphenoid fontanelle

anterior fontanelle

posterior fontanelle