BIO410 - Knowledge Check 1 Vocab

Premaxilla

Bone

Plates that are interconnected

Fossa

Indentation along the bones that allows articulation

Cranial Feature / Structure

Parts of the bone that makes them identifiable and allows articulation or interaction with other bones

Maxilla

Nasal

Frontal

Parietal

Interparietal

Lacrimal

Jugal

Squamosal

Palatine

Occipital

Tympanic bullae

Dentary

Coronoid process

Masseteric fossa

Mandibular condyle (FYI, condyloid process ends in this)

Angular process

External nares

Incisive foramen

Orbit

Temporal fenestra

Foramen magnum

External Auditory Meatus

Postorbital process (or bar, or plate)

Zygomatic arch

Mandibular fossa (= glenoid fossa)

Sagittal crest

Occipital crest (~ nuchal crest, lambdoidal crest)

Occipital condyle

Nasal turbinates

Folded bone in the nasal passage

Homodont

Heterodont

Crown

Root

Open vs closed root (rootless vs rooted)

Enamel

Dentine

Cementum

Pulp

Incisor

Canine

Premolar

Molar

Tribosphenic vs. Quadrate

Dilambdodont

Secodont

Bunodont

Selenodont

Lophodont

Loxodont

Dental formula

Diastema

Carnassial shear = Carnassial pair

Anterior

Posterior

Dorsal

Ventral

Labial side

Lingual side

Occlusal surface

Monotremes

Marsupials

Placentals

Olfaction

Turbinates (aka turbinals)

Olfactory mucosa = olfactory epithelium

Vomeronasal organ = Jacobsen’s organ

Flehmen response

Olfactory bulb and accessory olfactory bulb

Vision

Retina, rods, cones

Tapetum lucidum

Cornea and lens

Field of vision

Tri-, di-, and monochromatic

Nictitating membrane

Nocturnal, diurnal, crepuscular, cathemeral