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Flashcards in Select Cranial Sutures Deck (16)
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1
Q

When looking at the superior aspect of the skull, which 3 sutures are visible

A

Coronal
Sagittal
Lambdoid

2
Q

Unites frontal and parietal bones

A

Coronal

3
Q

Unites the 2 parietal bones

A

Sagittal

4
Q

Unites parietal and occipital bones

A

Lambdoid

5
Q

Unites parietal and temporal bones

A

Squamosal suture

6
Q

Unites sphenoid and parietal bones

A

Sphenoparietal Suture

7
Q

Unites sphenoid and frontal bones

A

Sphenofrontal suture

8
Q

Unites Nasal and frontal bones

A

Nasofrontal Suture

9
Q

Unites nasal and maxillary bones

A

Nasomaxillary Suture

10
Q

Unites zygomatic and maxillary bones

A

Zygomaticomaxillary Suture

11
Q

Unites zygomatic and temporal bones

A

Zygomaticotemporal Suture

12
Q

Unites sphenoid and temporal bones

A

sphenotemporal suture

13
Q

Suture between two sides of the maxilla

A

incisive or inter-maxillary suture

14
Q

Unites frontal bones and ethmoid bone

A

Frontoethmoid suture

15
Q

Unites the sphenoid and ethmoid bone

A

Sphenoethmoid suture

16
Q

Unites ethmoid and occipital bone

A

Basicranial suture