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muscuskeletal system
the skull
Term | Definition |
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cranium | the skull; part of the skull which encloses the brain |
frontal | forehead; pertaing to the forehead or forehead bone |
parietal | a wall; pertaing to the two bones that form most of the roof and upper sides of the cranium |
temporal | the temple; pertaining to the central sides of the cranium |
occipital | the back of the skull or head; the occip |
sphenoid | wedge-shaped |
ethmoid | seive-like |
suture | one of the jagged seams that unite the adjoining bones of the skull |
fontanel | a space located at the juction of the suture in the skull of the infant |
sinus | one of the eight air-filled cavities in the skull that communicate with the nasal cavity |