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The ___ suture is sometimes retained into adulthood and appears as a fracture on a radiograph. |
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False! The maxillar and mandible are tiny and underdeveloped. |
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T/F: The facial bones are well-developed at birth. |
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Flat bones = intramembranous, long/facial bones = endochondral |
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Ossification of the maturing flat bones of the skull is accomplished by ____ process of bone formation, while the long bones and bones forming the face develop by ____ ossification. |
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Intramembranous ossification |
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____ bone formation is when a membrane forms first and is followed by ossification. This process is incomplete at birth leaving soft membranous sites between growing bones. |
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endochondral ossification |
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___ bone formation is the ossification of cartilage. |
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soft spots = fontanelles, anterior is largest |
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Soft spots on the skull of the newborn are called ____ and the largest of which is the (anterior/posterior). |
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posterior = triangular, anterior = diamond |
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The ___ fontanelle is triangular in shape while the ___ fontanelle is diamond in shape. |
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False! The bones that encase the brain develop before the facial skeleton. |
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T/F: Growth and ossification of bones that encase the brain develop later than the bones that form the facial skeleton. |
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___ is where four bones come together forming a relatively weak area of the cranium. |
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Lesser wings, greater wings and pterygoid processes |
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What three projections does the sphenoid bone contain? |
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The pituitary gland is located on the ___ ___. |
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The ___ ___ ___ separates the greater and lesser wing and can be seen on the posterior wall of each orbit. |
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Foramen rotundum, which transmits the maxillary branch of the 5th cranial nerve, is found on which of the wings of the sphenoid bone? |
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foramen ovale = mandibular branch, foramen spinosum = middle meningeal artery/vein |
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___ ___ transmits the mandibular branch of the 5th cranial nerve. ___ ___ transmits the middle meningeal artery and vein. |
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The ___ muscle attaches on the zygomatic arch. |
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vertical = oblong, horizontal = square |
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The (horizontal/vertical) plate of the palatine bone is oblong and forms part of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. The (horizontal/vertical) plate is square and forms the posterior 1/3 of the hard palate. |
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The ___ bone is aka the fingernail bone. It contains a groove leading to the tear duct. |
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A. Anterior fontanelle B. Posterior fontanelle |
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A. Medial pterygoid plate B. Lateral pterygoid plate C. Hamulus |
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A. Atlas (C1) B. Axis (C2) C. Cervical vertebrae D. Thoracic vertebrae E. Lumbar vertebrae |
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1.Vertebral arch 2. Spinous process 3. Lamina 4. Superior articular process 5. Transverse process 6. Pedicle 7. Vertebral foramen 8. Body |
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1. Superior articular facet 2 Articular face on transverse process for tubercle of ribs 3. Intervertebral foramen 4. Inferior articular facet 5. Articular facet for head of rib 6. Intervertebral disc 7. Body |
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1. Pedicle 2. Superior articular process 3. Spinous process 4. Body 5. Inferior articular facet |
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