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