The axial skeleton
The ___ of the ___ bone forms the posterior section of the zygomatic arch
zygomatic process; temperol
A fossa is
a depression or indentention
A septum is
a dividing wall or stucture
A foramen is
a passage or opening through a bone
The crista galli is <physiology>
an attachment point for the meninges
The function of the occiptal condyles is to ___
articuates with C1 (the first vertebra) to allow the head to nod
The external acoustiv meatus is the ____ in the ____ bone.
canal leading to the eardum; temporal
A sinus is a(n)
cavity inside a bone
The ____ suture is formed by articulation of the parietal and frontal bones
coronal
The ____ is formed by the top and sides of the cranium
cranial vault
The crranial fossae are
depressions in the floor of the cranium
The cribriform plate is a surface filled with small foramina on the ___ bone
ethmoid
The crista galli is a small crest on the ___ bone
ethmoid
The___ bone forms part of the anterior cranial fossa, the superior portion of the nasal septum, the lateral walls and roof of nasal cavity, and part of the medial wall of the orbits.
ethmoid
Piror to suture formation, the cartilage-filled spaces between cranial bones are called ___
fontanels
The____ bone contains the frontal sinus
frontal
The ___ forms the superior aspect of each orbit
frontal bone
The ____ forms the forehead
frontal bone
The _____ articulates posteriorly with the parietal bones via the coronal suture
frontal bone
The _____ forms the anterior cranial fossa
frontal bone
Cranial nerve XII leaves the skull via small openings immediately lateral to the foramen magnum which are called the ____.
hypoglossal canals
The area of bone <where?> _____ is called the glabella
just above the brigde of the nose
The ____ suture is formed by articulation of the occiptal and parietal bones
lambdoid
The foramen magnum is the ___ <anatomy, not physiology?>
largest opening in the occiptal bone
The mandible articulates with the ___ of the temperal bone.
mandibular fossa
The posterior and base of the skull is formed by the ___ bones
occiptal
The lambdoid suture is formed by articulation of <which bones?>
occiptial and parietal bones
The ___, which are passages for the optic nerve and opihthamic artiers, are found in the ___ bone
optic canals; sphenoid
The two mirror-image bones which form much of the superior & lateral portions of the skull are the ____ bone
parietal
The coronal suture is formed by articulation of <whcih bones?>
parietal and frontal bones
The squamosal suture is formed by articulation of <which bones?>
parietal and temporal bones
The foramen magnum is the ____ <physiology, not anatomy?>
passageway through which the spinal cord leaves the skull
The ____ suture is formed by articulation of the two parietal bones
sagittal
The external occipital protuberance and crest and the nuchal lines are ___ <physiology, not anatomy.>
sites of muscle and ligament attachment
The anterior clinoid process of the ___ bone serves as ___.
sphenoid; anchoring point for the brain
The foramen rotundum of the ___ bone serves as__
sphenoid; passageway for the nerves innervating the maxillary region of the face
The hypophyseal fossa, a depression in a region of the___ bone called the___, is the seat for the pitutary gland.
sphenoid; sella turcica
The ____ suture is formed by articulation of the parietal and temporal bones
squamosal
The hyoid bone is attached by liagments to the ___ of the ___ bone
styloid process; temporal
The facial nerve leaves the cranial cavity through the ___ in the ___ bone
stylomastoid foramen; temporal
In the region just deep to the eyebrows, ___ are present which allow nerves and arteries to pass
supraorbital foramina
____ are formed by the articulation of two cranial bones.
sutures
The two mirror-image bones which form the infeolateral aspect of skull and part of the middle cranial fossa are the ___ bones
temperol
The sagittal suture is formed by articulation of <which two bones?>
the two parietal bones
Sutures are formed <when?>
within a year or two of birth
