hnL1 - bones of the skull

• What does the foramen mean?

  Hole
• What does a canal mean?

  passageway through bone for nerves and vessels
• what does a fissure mean?

  passageway in bony surface not completely surrounded by bone.
• what does a suture mean?

  relatively immovable joint between bones.
• describe the skull:

  boney framework

  at the superior (top) end of the vertebral column

  one moveable joint either side = temporomandibular joint (jaw)

  two parts:

  • cranial related to brain
  • facial related to orbital, nasal and oral cavities
• What’s missing:

  Perietal

  
• What’s missing:

  Frontal

  
• what’s missing:

  Temporal

  
• what’s missing:

  Occipital

  
• what’s missing:

  Mastoid

  
• what’s missing:

  Sphenoid

  
• what’s missing:

  Zygomatic

  
• what’s missing:

  mandible

  
• What’s missing:

  Maxilla

  
• What’s missing:

  Ethmoid

  
• what’s missing:

  nasal

  
• What’s missing:


  Lacrimal

  
• What’s missing:

  Maxilla

  
• What’s missing:

  palatine

  
• What’s missing:

  zygomatic

  
• What’s missing:

  sphenoid

  
• What’s missing:

  temporal

  
• What’s missing:

  occipital

  
• What’s missing:

  Parietal

  
• What’s missing:

  Occipital

  
• What’s missing:

  mastoid

  
• What’s missing:

  maxilla

  
• What’s missing:

  mandible

  
• What’s missing:

  temporal

  
• What’s missing:

  Frontal

  
• What’s missing:

  Nasal

  
• What’s missing:

  Maxilla

  
• What’s missing:

  mandible

  
• What’s missing:

  Parietal

  
• What’s missing:

  temporal

  
• What’s missing:

  sphenoid

  
• What’s missing:

  zygomatic

  
• What’s missing:

  mastoid

  
• What’s missing:

  Medial plate

  
• What’s missing:

  lateral plate