Term
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Definition
| mineralized connective tissue |
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Term
| What is the function of bone? (2) |
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Definition
1.protects the internal soft tissue
2.allows for movement |
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| What is the function of the bones of the skull? (2) |
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Definition
1.protect brain for injury
2.form our facial features |
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| What are landmarks of bones important for? |
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Definition
| for nerve and blood vessel position |
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Term
| What is the name of the bones that house the brain? |
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Definition
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| What do the viscerocranium bones make up? |
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Definition
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Term
| How many bones is the maxilla composed of? |
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Definition
| two bones(maxillae) fused together |
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Term
| What else is the maxilla composed of? |
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Definition
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| What are these 4 processes? |
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Definition
1.frontal process
2.zygomatic process
3.alveolar process
4.palatine process |
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Term
| How many plates are in the palatine bones? What are they called? |
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Definition
-2
-vertical and horizontal plates |
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Term
| What does the horizontal plate form? |
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Definition
| posterior portion of the hard palate |
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Term
| What does the vertical plate form? |
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Definition
| part of the lateral wall of nasal cavity and part o the orbit |
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Term
| What is the only freely movable bone of the skull? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the mandible articulate with to form the TMJ? |
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Definition
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| What are the two major parts of the mandible? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the three portions of the temporal bone? |
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Definition
1.squamous
2.tympanic
3.petrous |
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Term
| What is the squamous portion of the temporal bone like? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the squamous portion articulate with? (3) |
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Definition
1.sphenoid bone
2.parietal bone
3.occipital bone |
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Term
| What are three landmarks on the zygomatic process? |
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Definition
1.articular fossa
2.articular eminence
3.postglenoid process |
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Term
| What does the tympanic portion of the temporal bone form? |
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Definition
| most of the external auditory meatus |
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Term
| What are some landmarks of the petrous portion of the termporal bone? (3) |
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Definition
1.mastoid process
2.mastoid notch
3.styloid process |
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Term
| What is the sphenoid bone? |
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Definition
| midline bone that connects cranial bones to facial bones |
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Term
| What is the sphenoid bone made up of? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the 4 processes of the sphenoid bones? |
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Definition
1.greater wings
2.lesser wings
3.lateral pterygoid plates
4.medial pterygoid plates |
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Term
| What does the body of the spenoid contain? |
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Definition
| the paired sphenoidal sinuses |
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Term
| What does sella turcica gold? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is sella turcica also known as? |
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Definition
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Term
| What does the ethmoid bone form? (3) |
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Definition
1.part of the nasal cavity
2.nasal septum
3.orbit |
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Term
| What are the paranasal sinuses? |
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Definition
| air-filled cavities lined with mucous membranes |
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Term
| How do the sinuses communicate with the nasal cavity? |
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Definition
| via small openings in the nasal wall |
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Term
| What are these small opening called? |
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Definition
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Term
| What is the function of the sinuses? |
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Definition
1.to lighten skull
2.act as sound resonators
3.provide mucous for the nasal cavity |
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Term
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Definition
| inflamed sinuses, can be primary or secondary |
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