Skull Bones

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Bone
Description
Frontal Bone   superior and most anterior skull bone  
Parietal Bones   superior lateral skull bones  
Occipital Bone   posterior inferior skull bone, forms back and floor of brain case  
Foramen Magnum   large hole in occipital bone where the spinal cord exits the brain case  
Occipital Condyle   ridges or lips around the foramen magnum  
Temporal Bones   Inferior lateral skull bones  
Mastoid Process   rough projection inferior to the temporal bones  
External Auditory Meatus   hole above mastoid process  
Sphenoid   the lateral wall of the eye orbit, the triangular flat bone above the temporal bones, and the bat or butterfly shaped bone on the floor of the brain case  
Ethmoid   posterior medial wall of the eye orbit, the three small projections in top of nasal cavity, and the "punctured triangle" inside the brain case  
Lacrimal   thumbnail-sized bone in medial corners of the eye orbits  
Lacrimal Fossa   depression in the lacrimal bones  
Nasal   two small rectangular bones on bridge of nose  
Vomer   thin vertical plate on the inferior wall of nasal cavity that separates it in half  
Inferior Nasal Conchae   two shelves on lateral walls of nasal cavity (one shelf on each side)  
Zygomatic Bones   the bones just inferior to the eye orbits, "cheekbones"  
Zygomatic Arch   the bridge from the zygomatic bone to the temporal bone  
Maxilla   upper jaw and anterior roof of the mouth  
Mandible   lower jaw, part that moves freely  
Palatine   posterior half-inch of hard palate in mouth  


   

 
 

 
 

 

 

 
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