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Skull

Terms

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ethmoid
like seive at back of nose - blood vessles and nerves go through holes (also called Cribiform)
# cranial bones
8
mandible
little chewer from latin
cancellous bone
grate-like / like oneycomb
cortex
bark like structure
parietal foramen
one fundemntal site in skull where INFECTION can be present
SCALP
skin, connective tissue (dense), aponeurosis (occipital frontalis), loose connective tissue (dangerous area), peristeum (around the bone)
subepicranial area
reason the scalp can move back and forth - loose connective tissue
parietal
paries = wall / create wall around brain case / oftern where trephination was practiced / often a location of osteoparosis
foramen magnum
the big boring
calveria
part of the skull that goes bald
trabecular
needle like part under cortex
nostalgia
disease of soldier =contageous missing of home
frons
forehead
# facial bones
14
temporal
one theory is temples turn grey / another therory is that if you damage the temporal artery you can kill a person -> end their time
cerebellum
little brain
galea
helmet
occipital
from ob=towards back / caput = head
sphenoid
like wedge
galeaaponeurotica
gaping hole in skull = helmut away sinue or tendon that juts off
skull
from Chaucer in Middle English, but traced back to Scandinavia / means shell or husk/ another idea is that it means basin or drinking cup
mando
common Roman word for eating
cranium
upper part of skull

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