Human Skull

The fetal skull Discuss in your groups the following questions: Name three ways the fetal skull differs from the adult skull? Why are there soft spots (fontanels)? Why aren’t the bones fused together yet?

Name the bones. Parietal Temporal Occipital Mandible Frontal Sphenoid Nasal Ethmoid Lacrimal Zygomatic Maxilla PESTOFPESTOF Parietal Ethmoid Sphenoid Temporal Occipital Frontal

Name the features of the bones Zygomatic process External auditory meatus Mastoid Process Styloid Process Mandibular Condyle Mandibular notch Mandibular Ramus Mandibular Angle Coronoid Process Mental Foramen

Name the bones of the cranium. Frontal Parietal Sphenoid Ethmoid Zygomatic Maxilla Mandible Nasal Lacrimal Middle Nasal Concha Inferior nasal concha Vomer Perpendicular plate Ethmoid Bone

Name the foramen and bone features. Mental foramen Superior orbital fissure Optic canal Inferior orbital fissure

Use Your Head #1 Sit #2 Stand #3 Sit on your hands #4 Get out your book

Use Your Head #1 Will sit quietly as a model while the labeler labels, listening carefully. The model will have to label all at the end with the leading of the group. Cannot give the word. #2 Will be the labeler, placing terms on the model without speaking. #3 Will sit on their hands and guide the placer through words only. #4 Will have a book and may only nod yes or no after each term is placed.

Nerves & Internal Carotid Artery Spinal cord Internal Carotid Artery Internal Jugular Vein & Cranial Nerves IX, X, XI Branch of 5 th Cranial Nerve Canal leading to eardrum Cranial Nerve VII

Name the bones Palatine Bone Hard Palate Zygomatic bone Vomer Temporal Parietal Sphenoid Maxilla Occipital

Name the openings in the bone Foramen Magnum External Auditory Meatus

Name the features of the bones Styloid process Mastoid process

Name the bones Lesser wing Greater wing Sphenoid Temporal Parietal Occipital Frontal Ethmoid

Name the openings Olfactory Foramina Optic canal

Name the features of the bones Lesser wing Greater wing Sphenoid Sellae turcica Anterior cranial fossa Middle Cranial fossa Posterior Cranial fossa

Sphenoid bone Greater wing Lesser wing Sella Turcica

Name al the features of the Ethmoid bone Olfactory foramina Crista galli Cribiform plate Perpendicular plate Middle nasal concha

Name the bones and bone features of the skull. Parietal Occipital TemporalPalatine bone Mandible Frontal Sphenoid Nasal Ethmoid Vomer Maxilla Sella turcica Sphenoid sinuses Frontal sinus

Color and Label How can these bones be used in your project? What memory technique will you use to remember these?

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Paranasal sinuses mucosa-lined and air-filled. connected to the nasal cavity and air flowing into them gets warmed and humidified. lighten the skull and enhance the resonace of the voice.

Frontal Sinus Ethmoid Sinus Sphenoid Sinus Maxillary Sinus Frontal Sinus Ethmoid SinusSphenoid Sinus Maxillary Sinus

Hyoid bone Only bone in the body that is not directly connected to another bone