axial skeleton anatomy visual guide
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This is a visual guide I created as a study resource for my BIOL 121 Anatomy and Physiology I labs on the bones and bony landmarks of the axial skeletal system. Credits: All photography, text, and labels by Rob Swatski, Assistant Professor of Biology, Harrisburg Area Community College - York Campus, York, PA. Email: [email protected] This work bears an Attribution-Noncommercial Share Alike Creative Commons license, and is also available as individual pages (.jpg) on my Flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rswatski Please visit my website, BioGeekiWiki, for more anatomy and biology learning resources: http://robswatskibiology.wetpaint.com Thanks for looking!TRANSCRIPT
Axial Skeleton
Visual AtlasAnatomy & Physiology I
BIOL 121
Rob SwatskiAssistant Professor of Biology
HACC – York Campus
Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skeleton_anterior.svg
The Axial Skeleton
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Skull.Anterior view3
Frontal bone
Supraorbital foramen
Supraorbital margin
Infraorbital foramen
Superior orbital fissure
Zygomatic bone
Maxilla
Alveolar process
Nasal bone
Middle nasal concha
Perpendicular plate
Inferior nasal concha
Vomer
MandibleMental foramen
Skull.Anterior view4
Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skull_human_anterior_view.svg
Skull.Anterior view 5
Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skull_human_anterior_view.svg
Coronal suture
Squamous suture
Parietal bone
Frontal bone
Supraorbital foramen
Supraorbital margin
Orbit
Infraorbital foramen
Skull.Anterior view 6
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Superior orbital fissure
Inferior orbital fissure
Alveolar process
MaxillaZygomatic bone
Sphenoid bone
Temporal bone
Skull.Anterior view 7
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Vomer
Inferior nasal concha
Middle nasal concha
Perpendicular plate
Nasal bone
Mandible
Mental foramen
Skull.Anterior view
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Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Head_skull_anterior_view.jpg
Skull.Anterior view
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Skull.Anterior view
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Nasal bone
Middle nasal concha
Inferior nasal concha
Perpendicular plate
VomerMaxilla
Sphenoid bone
Zygomatic bone
Frontal bone
Inferior orbital fissure
Superior orbital fissure
Skull.Anterior view Lacrimal
bone
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Skull & hyoid.Right anterolateral view 12
Greater horn (cornu)
Lesser horn (cornu) Body of hyoid
Optic foramen
Coronal suture
Squamoussuture
Temporal squama
Skull & hyoid.
Right anterolateral
view
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Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skull_human_and_cervical_spine.svg
Skull. Left lateral view
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Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skull_human_and_cervical_spine.svg
Coronal suture
Squamous suture
Sagittal suture
Lambdoid suture
Frontal bone
Mastoid process
Mastoid portionStyloid
process
Lacrimal bone
Lacrimal fossa
Occipital bone
Skull. Left lateral view
Parietal bone
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External auditory meatus
Zygomatic process
Mandible
Temporal process
Alveolar process
Temporal bone
Temporal squama
Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skull_human_and_cervical_spine.svg
Ethmoid bone
Skull. Left lateral view
Sphenoid bone
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Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human_skull_lateral_view.jpg
Skull. Left lateral view
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Skull. Left
lateral view
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Mandibular notch
Mental foramen
Body Angle
Condylar process
Coronoid process
Ramus
Articular tubercle
Mandibular fossa
Skull. Left
lateral view
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Coronal suture
Sagittal suture
Frontal bone
Parietal bone
Skull. Superiorview
Anterior
Posterior 20
Mastoid process
Sagittal suture
Lambdoid suture
External occipital protuberance
Occipital bone
Parietal bone
Superior nuchal line
Inferior nuchal line
Skull. Posterior
view
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Skull. Posterior view
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Superior nuchal line
Inferior nuchal line
External occipital protuberance
Lambdoid suture
Sagittal sutureSkull.
Posterior view
Parietal bone
Occipital bone
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Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skull_interior_anatomy.svg
Skull. Superior view of floor of cranium24
Patrick J. Lynch, 23 Dec 2006, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skull_interior_anatomy.svg
Foramen magnum
Internal auditory meatus
Jugular foramen
Foramen lacerum
Superior orbital fissure Foramen
rotundum
Foramen ovale
Optic foramen
Foramen spinosum
Ethmoid bone
Skull. Superior view of floor of cranium25
Skull. Superior view of floor of cranium26
Skull. Superior view of floor of cranium
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Petrous portion
Internal auditory meatus
Superior orbital fissure
Jugular foramen
Optic foramen
Crista galli
Cribriform plate
Foramen ovale
Foramen rotundum
Foramen spinosum
Skull. Superior view of floor of cranium
Anterior
Posterior 28
Skull. Superior view of
sphenoid bone
Anterior
Posterior 29
Sella turcica
Tuberculum sellae
Hypophyseal fossa
Dorsum sellae
Lesser wing
Greater wing
Optic foramen
Foramen rotundum
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum
Ethmoid bone Crista galli
Cribriform plate
Skull. Superior view of
sphenoid bone
Anterior
Posterior30
Optic foramen
Lesser wing
Greater wing
Tuberculum sellae
Dorsum sellae
Superior orbital fissure
Foramen rotundum
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum
Sphenoid bone. Superior view
Anterior
Posterior31
Perpendicular plate
Superior nasal
conchae
Crista galli
Middlenasal
conchae
Ethmoid bone.
Anterior view Posterior view
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Crista galli
Cribriform plate
Superior view Lateral view
Anterior
Posterior
Anterior Posterior
Ethmoid bone.
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Skull.Inferior-posterior view
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External occipital protuberance
Pterygoid process
Palatine bone (Horizontal plate)
Palatine process
Incisive foramenSkull.Inferior-posterior view
Styloid process
Mastoid process
Occipital bone
Temporal bone
Zygomatic bone
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Skull.Inferior view
Anterior
Posterior 36
Palatine process
Palatine Bone (Horizontal plate)
Incisive foramen
Zygomatic arch
Zygomatic process
Temporal process
Skull.Inferior view
Anterior
Posterior 37
Skull.Inferior view
Anterior
Posterior38
Foramen magnumOccipital
condyle
Carotid foramen
Jugular foramen
Foramen lacerum
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum
Styloid process
Mastoidprocess
Skull.Inferior view
Anterior
Posterior39
Coronoid process
Condylar process
Ramus
Body of mandible
Mental foramen
Alveolar process
Mandibular notch
Angle
Mandible.Left lateral view
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Mandibular foramen
Coronoid process
Condylar process
Mandible.Posterior view41
Anterior (Frontal) fontanel
Fetal skull.Anterior view 42
Anterior (Frontal) fontanel
Anterolateral (Sphenoidal)
fontanelPosterolateral (Mastoid) fontanel
Fetal skull.Right lateral view 43
Posterior (Occipital) fontanel
Fetal skull.Posteriorview
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Greater horn (cornu)
Lesser horn (cornu)
Body of hyoid
Hyoid bone.Anterior view45
Vertebral Column
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Superior articular facet
Transverse process
Transverse foramen
Atlas (C1).Superior view Posterior
arch
Vertebral foramen
Anterior Arch47
Superior articular facet
Dens (Odontoid
process)
Spinous process (Spine)
Transverse processes
Atlas (C1)
Axis (C2)Inferior
articular process
Posterior arch
Anterior arch
Atlas & Axis.Superior-posterior view48
Superior articular process
Transverse process
Spinous process (Spine)
Axis (C2)
Atlas (C1)
Dens
Inferior articular
processesSuperior articular process
Posterior arch
Atlas & Axis.Posterior view49
Transverse processes
Spinous process (Spine)
Superior articular process
Anterior arch
Posterior arch
Inferior articular processes
Inferior articular facet
Atlas & Axis.Right lateral view
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Superior articular process
Transverse process
Spinous process (Spine)
Thoracic vertebra.Posterior view51
Superior articular process
Transverse process
Spinous process (Spine)
Vertebral foramen
Lamina
Body
Thoracic vertebra.Superior-posterior view
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Superior articular process
Transverse process
Spinous process (Spine)
Body
Superior articular facet
Pedicle
Thoracic vertebra.Left lateral view 53
Superior articular process
Transverse process
Spinous process (Spine)
Body
Superior articular
facet Pedicle
Lumbar vertebra.Posterior view54
Spinous process (Spine)
Transverse process
Superior articular process
Inferior articular process
Body
Pedicle
Lumbar vertebra.Right lateral view
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Sacrum
Coccyx
Sacrum & Coccyx.Anterior view56
Manubrium
Body of sternum
Xiphoid process
Sternum.Anterior view57
Costal groove
Rib (Costal bone).Lateral view
HeadNeckBody
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c Credits cPhotographs and labels by Rob Swatski, 2009-2010
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