Anatomy-Skull Diagrams
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- supraorbital foramen
- access for blood vessels and nerve
- sagital suture
- separates right and left parietal
- coronal suture
- separates front and back of skull
- foramen magnum
- opening for spinal chord
- occipital condyles
- joins with the atlas (1st cervical vertebra)
- external auditory meatus
- opening for ear canal
- mandibular fossae
- depression part of temporal mandibular joints (TMJ)
- mastoid process
- attachment for neck muscle
- styloid process
- attachment for ligaments to hyoid bone
- zygomatic process
- forms cheek
- sella turcica
- pocket for pituitary gland
- cribriform plates
- olfactory receptors pass through holes
- perpendicular plate
- superior half of nasal septum
- superior nasal concha
- covered with mucus membranes to moisten and warm air
- middle nasal concha
- covered with mucus membranes to moisten and warm air
- crista galli
- brain membrane anchor here cocks comb
- palatine process
- forms hard palate; if doesn't close you have cleft palate
- alveolar arch
- teeth sockets
- temporal process
- helps form zygomatic arch
- zygomatic arch
- big cheekbone
- lacrimal bones
- tear ducts
- nasal bones
- bridge of nose
- vomer bone
- bottom 1/2 of nasal septum
- inferior nasal conchae
- covered with mucus membrane, develops itself
- mandible condyle
- lower jaw
- coronoid process
- forms TMJ with mandibular fossa (depression) muscle attachment (chewing)
- mental foramen
- hole for blood and nerves