GRST 211 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Lambdoid Suture, Zygomatic Bone, Ethmoid Bone

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Greek and Roman Studies
• Course: GRST 211
• Professor: Lesley Bolton

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Crani cranium (part of the skull bone that does not include the jawbone) Tempor temple (side of the head), time. Has 2 meanings, therefore you have decide from context which meaning is more suitable. Occipt occiput (back of the head) Sphenoid bone: large bone at the base and sides of the cranium, which also forms part of the eye sockets. Relate to bones of the cranium, or their associated regions. Ethmoid bone: located behind the nose, has a lot of open spaces in it, similar to a sieve. Zygomatic bone: cheek bone that extends to the edge of the eye socket, is shaped like the yoke you might place on oxen ploughing land. In medical terminology, the sense of this base has been extended to scale shaped or. Scale-like, so the term squama can mean both a thin plate of bone (ie. a scalelike piece of bone_ and a cell that is shaped like a thin scale.