AXIAL SKELETON STRUCTURE LIST
You are responsible for all structures in these lists, and the lecture notes. Be able to identify all structures on bones in lab, diagrams and photos from your text.
SKULL cranium ethmoid bone temporal fossa calvarium cribriform plate frontal bone crista galli nasal septum frontal squama perpendicular plate perpendicular plate superciliary arch orbital plate vomer supraorbital margin superior nasal concha sutures supraorbital foramen (notch) middle nasal concha coronal glabella zygomatic bone sagittal parietal bone temporal process squamous temporal bone maxilla lambdoid temporal squama palatine process occipito-mastoid mastoid process infraorbital margin holes styloid process incisive fossa optic canal zygomatic process inferior nasal concha superior orbital fissure external acoustic meatus palatine bone inferior orbital fissure internal acoustic meatus palatine foramina supraorbital foramen petrous portion lacrimal bone infraorbital foramen mandibular fossa nasolacrimal duct mental foramen occipital bone nasal bone mandibular foramen foramen magnum vomer foramen magnum basilar portion (clivus) mandible stylomastoid foramen occipital condyles body , ramus, angle jugular foramen external occiptal protuberance mandibular condyle carotid canal inferior, superior nuchal lines coronoid process foramen lacerum sphenoid bone mandibular notch foramen spinosum greater wing mandibular foramen foramen ovale lesser wing foramen rotundum sella turcica orbit hypoglossal canal hypophyseal fossa frontal external acoustic meatus dorsum sellae zygomatic internal acoustic meatus tuberculum sellae maxilla incisive fossa pterygoid processes ethmoid olfactory foramina medial , lateral pterygoid plates sphenoid lacrimal
VERTEBRAL COLUMN RIBS and STERNUM individual vertebra 7 true ribs vertebral body 3 false ribs vertebral arch 2 floating ribs pedicle rib head lamina rib tubercle transverse process costal cartilage spinous process superior articular process sternum inferior articular process manubrium vertebral canal xiphoid process intervertebral foramen sternal (jugular) notch transverse foramen cervical vertebra C1-C7 atlas C1 lateral mass anterior arch and tubercle posterior arch and tubercle axis C2 dens / odontoid process thoracic vertebra lumbar vertebra hyoid bone greater cornu lesser cornu sacrum sacral base sacral body sacral ala sacral promontory sacral canal sacral hiatus sacral foramina sacral crests coccyx intervertebral disc nucleus pulposus annulus fibrosus