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Bones of the Skull
Bones and features of the skull for Anth 131 lab.
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/16/2011
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Term
(Bone) Frontal
 Definition
Forehead, superior eye-sockets.
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(Bone) Parietal
 Definition
Sides of skull, superior temporal.
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(Bone) Occipital
 Definition
Back, posterior eye-sockets.
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(Bone) Temporal
 Definition
Lower sides of skull, inferior parietal.
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(Bone) Maxilla
 Definition
Face, inferior eye-sockets and nasal.
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(Bone) Mandible
 Definition
Jaw.
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(Bone) Zygomatics
 Definition
Cheek protuberance.
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(Feature) Foramen Magnum
 Definition
Spinal stem.
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(Feature) Occipital condyle
 Definition
Notches on bottom near Foramen magnum.
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(Feature) Mastoid Process
 Definition
Jaw muscle connection.
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(Feature) Supraorbital Ridge
 Definition
Eye-ridge/brow.
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(Feature) Sagittal suture
 Definition
Middle suture, length of skull.
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(Feature) Coronal suture
 Definition
Middle suture, width of skull.
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(Feature) Lambdoidal suture
 Definition
Rear triangular suture.
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(Tooth) Incisor
 Definition
Chisel shaped.
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(Tooth) Canines
 Definition
Chisel shaped.
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(Tooth) Premolar
 Definition
Bicuspid.
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(Tooth) Molar
 Definition
Quadcuspid, with branched root.
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(Vertebral Column - Feature) Spinous Process
 Definition
Sometimes thin, y-axis.
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(Vertebral Column - Feature) Transverse Process
 Definition
Paired, X-axis.
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(Vertebral Column - Features) Body/Centrum
 Definition
Large bulk.
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(Vertebral Column - Cervical) Atlas
 Definition
No body, large superior articulating facets, and barely discernible spinous process.
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(Vertebral Column - Cervical) Axis
 Definition
Dens (odontoid process), and larger body than atlas.
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(Vertebral Column - Cervical) Typical Cervical
 Definition
Larger body than atlas or axis, more prominent spinous process, and spinous process often forked.
Term
(Vertebral Column) Thoracic
 Definition
Long, skinny, spinous process, and transverse process is thick compared to lumbar vertebrae.
Term
(Vertebral Column) Lumbar
 Definition
Spinous process short and squared off, and no rib facets.
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(Vertebral Column) Sacrum
 Definition
Made of five fused vertebrae and two pelvic bones.
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(Vertebral Column) Coccyx
 Definition
Tailbone.
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(Sternum) Sternal Body
 Definition
Central mass of sternum.
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(Sternum) Manubrium
 Definition
Top, rounded portion of sternum.
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(Rib - Features) Head
 Definition
End of curve.
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(Rib - Feature) Tubercule
 Definition
Notch, faces downward.
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