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supraorbital notch/ foramen
frontal bone: notch, hole above eye socket, passageway for cranial nerve #5
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coronal suture
frontal bone: "crown" suture across the top of the skull
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sagittal suture
parietal bones: suture from front to back of skull
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occipital condyles
occipital bone: surround hole at base of skull
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foramen magnum
occipital bone: foramen = "hole" magnum = "large"
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lambdoidal suture
occipital bone: upside down "v" greek letter Λ = lambda
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external occipital protuberance
occipital bone: bump on midline on back of skull (muscles pull on protuberances)
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styloid process
temporal bone: long pointy structure
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external auditory (acoustic) meatus
temporal bone: ear hole
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mastoid process
temporal bone: large bumps posterior to ear
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internal auditory (acoustic) meatus
temporal bone: back of ridge in the cranial cavity, hole for auditory nerve
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mandibular fossa
temporal bone: where lower jaw attaches to skull (gel)
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squamous suture
temporal bone: squamous = "scales"
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zygomatic process
temporal bone: forms part of cheekbone, anterior to external auditory meatus
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carotid canal
temporal bone: front side of ridge in cranial cavity, carotid artery, main blood supply for brain
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jugular foramen
temporal bone: larger hole on back of ridge in cranial cavity
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foramen lacerum
temporal bone: on either side of dip on inferior side of the skull
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sphenoid bone
butterfly shaped bone
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greater wings of the sphenoid
sphenoid bone: basins on either side of dip in the cranial cavity
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lesser wings of the sphenoid
sphenoid bone: manta-ray
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sella turcica
sphenoid bone: dip in cranial cavity for pituitary gland, "Turkish saddle"
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optic foramen
sphenoid bone: through lesser wings of the sphenoid bone
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foramen ovale
sphenoid bone: oval hole anterior to carotid canal
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foramen rotundum
sphenoid bone: anterior to lesser wings
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foramen spinosum
sphenoid bone: tiny hole
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superior orbital fissure
sphenoid bone: crack under lesser wings
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medial pterygoid plates
sphenoid bone: on inferior side of the skull, towards the midline of the body
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lateral pterygoid plates
sphenoid bone: on inferior side of the skull, away from midline of the body
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cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone
ethmoid bone: on either side of the crista galli
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perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
ethmoid bone: thin, median plate that forms the superior 2/3 of the nasal septum, meets vomer
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crista galli
ethmoid bone: clitoris
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inferior nasal conchae
inferior set of bones on the sides of the nasal cavity
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vomer
forms the inferior portion of the nasal septum, shaped like a triangle pointing into nose
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nasal bones
two small rectangular bones form the bridge of the nose
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lacrimal bone
inner corner of eyes, smallest bones of the skull
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nasolacrimal canal
lacrimal bone: for duct that carries tears from the eyes to the nasal cavity
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alveolar process
maxilla: ridge that holds a tooth
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infraorbital foramen
maxilla: hole below eye
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zygomatic bone
bone that forms cheek
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palatine bone
bone that forms posterior part of the palate
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mandibular condyle
mandible: posterior part of "U"
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coronoid process
mandible: anterior part of "U"
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mental foramen
mandible: chin hole in anterior part of the jaw
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mandibular foramen
mandible: hole under "U"
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alveolar process
mandible: ridge that holds a tooth
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hyoid bone
u-shaped bone between chin and larynx
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