Axial Skeleton - Skull mo toh

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contribute to upper part of eye socket	supraorbital margin
passageway for blood and nerves to the forehead area	supraorbital foramen
ridge between two suborbital margins	glabella
rounded bump behind the ear; attachment for neck muscles	mastoid process
thin, pointed projection below the ear; anchor for tongue and throat muscle	styloid
region located around the ear canal	tympanic region
ear opening/canal	external acoustic meatus
flat, upper portion of the temporal bone	squamous region
bridge-like projection extending toward the cheekbone; part of zygomatic arch	zygomatic process
Large hole at the skull's base, where the spinal cord connects to the brainstem	foramen magnum
smooth oval surfaces beside large occipital foramen	occipital condyles
irregular opening between the occipital and temporal bones	jugular foramen
Small tunnel near each occipital condyle; pathway for the hypoglossal nerve	hypoglossal canal
passage in the temporal bone; carries internal carotid artery into the cranial cavity	carotid canal
saddle-shaped depression on the superioir surface; houses pituitary gland	sella turcica
pair of downward-pointing projections below the skull; attachment site for chewing muscles	pterygoid Process

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opening in the lesser wing	optic canal
round opening anteroir to foramen ovale	foramen rotundum
oval opening in the greater wing	foramen ovale
small round hole just posterolateral to foramen ovale	foramen spinosum
thin,ridge-like plate above the superioir orbital fissure, forms part of the roof	lesser wing
broad, curved portion forming part og the skull's lateral wall and the floor of the middle cranial fossa	greater wing
ROS = the trigeminal pathway	rotundum ovale spinosum
flat, sieve-like area on the roof of the nasal cavity; tiny holes = smell nerves pass	cribriform plate
vertical ridge projecting upward fro from the C plate; attachment for falx cerebri, achors the brian in place	crista galli
thin, vertical bony plate that forms the upper part of the nasal septum; divides nasal cavity into left and right passages	nasal septum
oldest special sensory modality--smell	olfaction
taste	gustation
only bone that doesn't articulate with any other; attachment site for muscles involve in swallowing and phonation	hyoid
M ear bone	malleus
I eat bone	incus
S ear bone	stapes

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