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muscuskeletal system
the skull
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |