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Chapter-23 Anatomical Terminology and Components of Skull

BOOK TITLE: Essentials of Anatomy for Dental Students

Author
1. Selvakumari TL
ISBN
9789352703548
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14250_24
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
6
Author Affiliations
1. Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chapter keywords
Anatomical terminology, skull, splanchnocranium, facial skeleton, neurocranium, frontonasal process, right maxillary process, left maxillary process, right mandibular process, left mandibular process

Abstract

This chapter describes anatomical terminology and components of skull. Anatomical terminology in relation to bones include condyle, eminence, head, crest, line, spine, styloid, clinoid, tubercle, tuberosity, foramen, notch, lingula, fossa, groove, canal, canaliculus, meatus, sinus, facet, protuberance, fissure, sulcus, fovea, impression, lamina, squamous, process, concha, wing, crista galli, cribriform plate, dens or odontoid process, atlas, vertebra prominence, typical cervical vertebra, and atypical cervical vertebra. Skull is a part of axial skeleton. The skull has two parts following as splanchnocranium or facial skeleton, neurocranium which has the cranial cavity for the brain. Facial skeleton develops from five processes following as frontonasal process, right and left maxillary process, right and left mandibular process.

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