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Musculoskeletal
BONES: OF THE SKULL
Term | Definition |
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cranium | the skull |
frontal | forehead bone |
parietal | two bones that form roof and upper sides of the cranium |
temporal | temple or central sides of the cranium (above and around each ear) |
occipital | lower base of the skull |
sphenoid | wedge shaped; bat-shaped bone that extends behind the eyes, part of each orbit |
ethmoid | sieve-like delicate bone that forms much of the nasal structure and part of each orbit |
suture | one of the jagged seams that unite the adjoining bones of the skull |
fontanel | a space located at the junction of the sutures in the skull of an infant "soft spot" |
sinus | one of the eight air-filled cavities in the skull that communicate with the nasal cavity |