Bio 315 WSU Skeleton 1, Muscles, and
Joints Lab Exam 1
Cranial Cavity
The "Brian Box"
The space within the skull, where the brain fils
Calvaria
The skull Cap
Superior Portion
The floor of the cranial cavity
Where the brain physically sits
Anterior Cranial Fossa
the first 1/3
behind the eyes
Middle Cranial Fossa
Middle butterfly shape
,Posterior Cranial Fossa
Back 1/3
big bowl
Orbits
Eye sockets
Nasal Cavities
Bony Nasal Septum
Piriform aperture
Hard Palate
roof of mouth
,Zygomatic arch
Arch over cheek
Infratemporal Fossa
by temple, inside zygomatic arch, half circle depression
Sutures
fibrous joints, wavy lines
Coronal Suture
over top of the head, like a headband
Lambdoidal suture
back of head
Sagittal Suture
, Squamous Suture
like scale
Frontal bone
forehead
Supraorbital margin
ridge where eyebrow sit, superior to the orbitals
Parietal bones
back of head bones, looks like a butt
Occipital bone
back and underneath, surrounded by lambdoidal suture
Joints Lab Exam 1
Cranial Cavity
The "Brian Box"
The space within the skull, where the brain fils
Calvaria
The skull Cap
Superior Portion
The floor of the cranial cavity
Where the brain physically sits
Anterior Cranial Fossa
the first 1/3
behind the eyes
Middle Cranial Fossa
Middle butterfly shape
,Posterior Cranial Fossa
Back 1/3
big bowl
Orbits
Eye sockets
Nasal Cavities
Bony Nasal Septum
Piriform aperture
Hard Palate
roof of mouth
,Zygomatic arch
Arch over cheek
Infratemporal Fossa
by temple, inside zygomatic arch, half circle depression
Sutures
fibrous joints, wavy lines
Coronal Suture
over top of the head, like a headband
Lambdoidal suture
back of head
Sagittal Suture
, Squamous Suture
like scale
Frontal bone
forehead
Supraorbital margin
ridge where eyebrow sit, superior to the orbitals
Parietal bones
back of head bones, looks like a butt
Occipital bone
back and underneath, surrounded by lambdoidal suture
