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1
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Rounded elevation on a bony surface

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Eminence (tubercle)

2
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faint elevations where the fan-shaped temporalis muscle attaches and border of temporal fossa

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Parietal: Superior and inferior temporal lines

3
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elevation on the posterior aspect of the maxilla, distal to the maxillary molars

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Maxillary tuberosity

4
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landmarks for attachments of muscles

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Prominences and depressions

5
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What attach muscle to bone

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tendons

6
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What attach bone to bone

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ligaments

7
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shallow depression on a bony surface

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fossa

8
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(Sing. Foramen): openings for blood vessels and nerves

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Foramina

9
Q

Identify cranial and facial bones using the foramina that are present on each and what nerves are involved.

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10
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Locate each bone on the skull and images.

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11
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Is the frontal sinus a sinus? Which one

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One of the paranasal sinuses

12
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paired air filled cavities lined with mucous membranes, serve to lighten skull, sound resonators, provide mucous

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Paranasal sinuses

13
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What are the 4 paranasal sinuses

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Frontal
Maxillary
Sphenoidal
Ethmoidal

14
Q

junction or line where two bones come together

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Suture

15
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Short circular opening in the bone

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Foramen

16
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Long tubular opening in the bone

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Canal

17
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Oval bony prominence typically located at articulations

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Condyle

18
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Space

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Meatus

19
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Deep cleft, usually from improper fusion

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fissure

20
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Shallow depression on a bony surface

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Fossa

21
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abrupt, small protuberance of bone

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Spine

22
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convex projections of bone that serve as attachment sites for muscles, tendons, or ligaments

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Processess

23
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the point where two or more bones make contact

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Articulation

24
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Abnormal hole in a hollow organ, such as sinus wall

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Perforation

25
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Large prominence on the surface of bone

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tuberosity

26
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Coronal suture is between

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the frontal and parietal bones

27
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Sagittal suture is between

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parietal bones

28
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Lambdoidal suture is between

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occipital and parietal bones

29
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Squamosal suture is between

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temporal and parietal bones

30
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Temporozygomatic suture is between

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temporal process of zygomatic bone and zygomatic process of the temporal bone

31
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Median palatine suture is between

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palatine bone

32
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Transverse palatine suture is between

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maxillae and palatine bone

33
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What 7 bones form the orbit

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frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, lacrimal, palatine, maxilla, and zygomatic bones