ANP 1106 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Anterior Cranial Fossa, Lacrimal Sac, Mandibular Fossa

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Anatomy and Physiology
• Course: ANP 1106
• Professor: Jacqueline Carnegie

Document Summary

Topic 3: anatomy of the skeletal system: the skeleton. Throughout this section, refer to table 6. 1: bone markings need to be able to define all these bone markings. Temporal bones (orange) the cranial floor: paired; form inferior & lateral aspects of skull and parts of, located just below 2 parietal bones; have 3 very different areas or regions, squamous region: Fig 7. 7a: superior view of floor of cranial cavity: flattened, zygomatic process to cheekbone (zygomatic bone, mandibular fossa (shallow depression) receives condyle of mandible, tympanic region: (opening/canal, petrous region, surrounds external acoustic meatus. Sphenoid bone (red: complex bone; difficult to visualize; articulates with all other cranial bones. Palatine bones: 2 l-shaped bones, horizontal plates form part of hard palate, vertical plates nasal cavity & orbit, vomer, single thin bone forms nasal septum. Inferior nasal conchae: superior and middle nasal concahe from ethmoid bone, thin, curved bones project medially, largest of 3 pairs of conchae.