BackSkull
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Terms in this set (33)
Mental Foremen
Holes in mandible that allows blood vessels to pass
Infraorbital Fissue
Slit on lower back of eye socket
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid
Sagittal divide of nasal
Supraorbital Fissure
Slit on top back of eye socket
Frontal Squama
Smooth, flat surface of frontal bone; above eyebrows
Glabella
Flat, smooth surface between eyes
Supraorbital Foremen:
Holes above eyes for blood vessels to pass
Supraorbital margin
Edge of eye
Alveolar process of mandible
holds lower teeth
Alveolar process of maxilla
holds upper teeth
Optic foremen
holes in the back of eye socket for optic nerves to pass
Infraorbital Foremen
holes below the eys (on cheek) for nerves and vessels to pass
Coronal
Frontal + Parietal
Sagittal
Parietal + Parietal
Squamous
Parietal + Temporal
Lamboid
Parietal + Occipital
Manibular Ramus
Posterior side of mandible
Mandible Angle
Curve/edge of mandible
External Occipital Protuberance
Vertical bump on occipital
Superior Nuchal Line
Top bump on occipital
Inferior Nuchal Line
Bottom bumps on occipital
Foraman Magnum
Huge hole in skull where spinal cord connects to
Occipital Condyle
2 bumps next to foraman magnum
Mastoid process
big bumps behind ear
Zygomatic process
extension poking from the temporal bone
Zygomatic Arch
forms when the zygomatic process connects to zygomatic bone
Styloid process
sharp, needle like spike under your ear
anterior nasal spine
bump on bottom center of nasal pointing upright
lacrimal fossa
small dip right next to lacrimal bone in your inner eye
Foramen Ovale
Small oval on spheoid bone (when skull is flipped idk)
Foramen Spinosum
Tiny hole next to the ovale; allows blood vessels to pass
Foramen Lacreum
Messy hole for arteries
Jugular Foramen
hole near the occipital condyle