ANSC 2340 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Occipital Condyle, Temporomandibular Joint, Frontal Sinus
4 Mar 2017
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Sutures: jagged, immovable, fibrous joints that connect skull bones. Mandible: the lower jaw, the only movable bone in the skull. Synovial joint: joins the mandible to the rest of the skull. External bones: at least partially visible on the surface of the intact skull. Internal bones: hidden bones that cannot be seen without disassembling the skull. The portion of the skull that surrounds the brain. Where the spinal cord exits the skull. Foramen magnum (a large hole on the occipital bone) Occipital condyle: articular surface that joins the first cervical vertebra. Atlantooccipital joint: the joint between the atlas and occipital condyle. Well protected by muscles, ligaments, and tendons. Two small bones located on the dorsal midline between the occipital bone and the. May fuse together or fuse with parietal bone in adults. Form the dorsolateral walls of the cranium. Large and well developed in dogs, cats and humans but not too much in cattle and horses.
