FORS 3331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jugular Fossa, Condyloid Process, Jugular Foramen

• School: Baylor University
• Department: Forensic Science
• Course: FORS 3331
• Professor: Joseph V.Ferraro

Document Summary

Baker | fors 3331 | spring 2017 | lecture 6 | page 1. Tackling the occipital bone and two temporal bones today. Recall that these form via both a mixture of intramembranous and endochondral ossification. Baker | fors 3331 | spring 2017 | lecture 6 | page 2. Houses auditory (hearing) system and part of the jaw joint. Articulates with the parietal bone, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, zygomatic bone, and mandible. Temporal squama - vertical plate that forms the cranial walls and articulates with the parietals at the squamosal suture. External auditory meatus - opening of the ear canal: aka external acoustic meatus. Zygomatic process - posterior part of the zygomatic arch: projection of bone, articulates with the zygomatic bone, the masseter muscle attaches inferiorly. Suprameatal crest - root of the zygomatic process: runs horizontally above the external auditory meatus. Supramastoid crest - posterior extension of suprameatal crest.