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Process
A natural outgrowth, projection or appendage
Condyle
smooth, rounded articular process
Facet
small, flat articular surface
Fossa
shallow depression
Sulcus
narrow groove
Foramen
round passageway
Canal/meatus
passageway through a bone
Fissure
elongated cleft
Sinus
chamber within bone
Lambdoid suture
connects occipital and parietal
Coronal suture
Connects frontal and parietal
Sagittal suture
connects parietal bones
Squamous suture
Connects the temporal bone and parietal bone.
Frontal bone
Frontal sinus
Lacrimal fossa
Name this DEPRESSION
superior and lateral in the orbital socket
Supra-orbital margin
Supra-orbital notch
Parietal bones
Occipital bone
External occipital protuberance
External occipital crest
Internal occipital protuberance
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Internal occipital crest
Name this ridge
Occipital condyles
Foramen magnum
Jugular foramen
Hypoglossal canal
Goes through the occipital condyles
Temporal bones
Zygomatic process of the temporal bone
Very back part of the arch only
Zygomatic arch
Entire thing
- Name this structure
Mandibular fossa
"gummy hole" where jaw connects on models
Mastoid process
Styloid process of the temporal bone
Styloid = stiletto (very pointy)
Squamous part of the temporal bone
The smooth part of the temporal bone through the inside
Petrous part of the temporal bone
Pointy (mountain) part of temporal bone
Temporal fossa
Indent on the temporal bone from the outside
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External acoustic meatus
Internal acoustic meatus
Inside the petrous part
Carotid canal
Foramen lacerum
Stylomastoid foramen
Hole under the styloid process
Sphenoid bone
Body of sphenoid
Center of the sphenoid only
Sella turcica
"the saddle"
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Lesser wings of sphenoid bone
Greater wings of sphenoid
Pterygoid process
Optical canal
Superior orbital fissure
Foramen rotundum
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum
Hypophyseal fossa
Smooth "seat" inside sella turcica
Name this depression
Ethmoid bone
Cribiform plate
Crista galli
Ridge on the cribiform plate
Middle nasal conchae
Perpendicular plate
Olfactory foramina
holes in cribriform plate
Maxilla
Orbital rim
Anterior nasal spine
Tiny point in front of the nose on the bottom
Alveolar process
ridges of the teeth
palatine processes
Roof of the mouth
Maxillary sinuses
Sinus on top of the teeth
Nasolacrimal canal
where the tearduct is
Name this passageway
Infra-orbital foramina
Little holes under the eyes on the cheeks
Inferior orbital fissure
Mandible
Jaw bone
Body of mandible
Curved part where the teeth are
Mental protuberance
Bump in the middle of the chin
Ramus of mandible
Smooth, flat, back part of the mandible
Condylar process
Very back hump on the mandible where it connects to skull
Coronoid process
Next hum closer to the chin
Mental foramina
Holes on the chin
Mandibular notch
the swoop between the processes of the mandible
Mandibular foramina
Small holes on the inside of the mandible
Temporal process of the zygomatic bone
The front part of the zygomatic arch
Palatine bones
small bones on the back of the roof of the mouth
Nasal bones
Vomer
Ridge at the bottom of the nose
Inferior nasal conchae
Lacrimal bones
"squarish" bone where the nasolacrimal canal sits
lacrimal sulcus
Name this GROOVE
Hyoid bone
Floating bone in the neck
Body of hyoid
Lesser horns of the hyoid
Greater horns of hyoid
Anterior fontanelle
Occipital fontanelle
Sphenoidal fontanelle
Mastoid fontanelle
Vertebral body
Solid circle at the bottom of the vertebrae
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Vertebral foramen
Hole through which spinal cord passes
Vertebral canal
The canal where the spinal cord passes through when there is more than one vertebrae stacked on top of each other
Vertebral arch
Entire top part of the vertebra until the vertebral body
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Pedicle of vertebra
walls of a house
Lamina of vertebra
left or right dorsal half of the arch
Spinous process of vertebra
The point that sticks out of the vertebra
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