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Bones SKULL
All about the Skull
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07/09/2013

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Frontal Bone
Definition
Forhead
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Parietal Bone
Definition
Top of head--The top and the side walls of the cranium.
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Occipital Bone
Definition
The back of head--Forms the skulls posterior portion and a part of its' base
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Occipital Protuberance
Definition
The bone protruding out--Knot in the back of the head--sinus cavitity for excess blood to flow
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Temepral Bones
Definition
The side of the head--forms part of the sides of the head including part of the ear canal
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Sutures
Definition
Uniting the skull bones--type of immovable joint
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Fontanelles
Definition
Infant skull--has areas where formation is incomplete, leaving membranous or soft spots
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Zygomatic Bones
Definition
The two bones form the prominences of the cheeks
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Maxillae
Definition
The upper jaw bone
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Mandible
Definition
Lower jaw bone
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Vomer
Definition
Shaped like the blade on a plow--forms the inferior part of the nasal septum
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Optic Orbit
Definition
Eye Socket
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Optic Nerve
Definition
The circular hole within the eye socket
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Optical Fissure
Definition
The slit in the eye socket
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Mastoid Process
Definition
The knot under the ear
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External Auditory Meatus
Definition
The cave above the Mastoid Process
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Three Connections?
Definition
Sternocleitlmastoid Muscle (Mastoid Process, Clavical, Sternum)
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Foramen Magnum
Definition
The big hole under the skull (the spine passes through it)
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Occipital Chodyles
Definition
The bones located on the sides of the Feramen Magnum
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Sphenoid Bone
Definition
The bat shaped area inside the skull
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Sella Tursica Bone
Definition
In the middle of the bat--The arch
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Ethmoid Bone
Definition
The mountain top of the skull (tip top part that sticks up)
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