Flashcards in Views of the Skull Deck (30):
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What are the five views of the skull called?
- norma verticalis
- norma frontalis
- norma occipitalis
- norma lateralis
- norma basalis
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What is the norma verticalis?
the skull viewed from the top
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What is the appearance of the intersection of the coronal and sagittal sutures called?
the bregma
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What is the appearance of the intersection of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures called?
the lambda
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What is the anterior fontanelle?
the diamond shaped remnant of developing membrane bone at the intersection of the frontal bone with both parietal bones
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What is the posterior fontanelle?
the diamond shaped remnant of developing membrane bone at the intersection of the occipital bone with both parietal bones
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What is the norma frontalis?
the skull viewed from the front
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What is the glabella?
the elevation of bone over the frontal sinus between the orbits
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What is the name given to the outline of the nasal cavity at the front of the skull?
piriform aperture
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What is the relationship of the tooth and the bony surface features associated with it?
- the neck of the tooth is associated with the alveolar process
- the root of the tooth is associated with the alveolar jugum like the outside of a socket and the dental alveolus surrounding the root of the tooth like the inside of a socket
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What is the dental alveolus?
the hole or inside of a socket in the maxilla or mandible for the root of the tooth
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What is the alveolar process?
the part of the mandible or maxilla covering the neck of the tooth
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What is the alveolar jugum?
the part of the mandible or maxilla covering the root of the tooth exteriorly
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What is the name given to the alveolar jugum of the canine tooth in the maxilla?
canine eminence
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What forms a bullet-like chin?
a large mental protuberance
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What forms an indented chin?
well developed bilateral mental tubercles and a slight mental protuberance
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What is the norma occipitalis?
the skull viewed from the back
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What is the name given to the midline posterior elevation at the back of the skull?
the external occipital protuberance
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What is the tip of the external occipital protuberance called?
the inion
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What is the name of the linear elevation lateral to the external occipital protuberance?
superior nuchal line
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What is the norma lateralis?
the skull viewed from the side
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What is the appearance of suture intersections just above the zygomatic arch called?
the pterion
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What bones form the pterion?
- parietal
- temporal
- sphenoid
- frontal
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What is the appearance of suture intersections just above the mastoid process called?
the asterion
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What bones form the asterion?
- parietal
- temporal
- occipital
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What points on the skull are used to measure the skull size?
- nasion
- vertex
- inion
- gnathion
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What points on the skull are used to measure cranial vault capacity?
- nasion
- vertex
- inion
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What is norma basalis?
the skull viewed from the bottom
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What is the appearance of the suture intersections over the hard palate called?
the cruciate or cruciform suture
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