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Bone Organization-Sk
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Line that goes across the top of the skull horizontally | Coronal suture |
| Bone behind lacrimal (tear duct) bone | Ethmoid bone |
| Ear canal | External acoustic meatus |
| Sound | Acoustic |
| Canal | Meatus |
| Really big | Magnum |
| Hole | Foramen |
| Really big hole on floor of skull, that attached to espinal Cordoba and brain stem | Foramen magnum |
| Frontal/top of skull (from Coronal suture to top of eye sockets/nasal bone | Frontal bone |
| The (visible) bottom two scroll shaped bones in the nostrils | Inferior nasal concha |
| Below | Infra |
| Eye | Orbital |
| Holes below eye sockets | Infraorbital foramen |
| Tears | Lacrimal |
| Tear ducts | Lacrimal bone |
| Bottom jaw (holds bottom row of teeth) | Mandible |
| Joint for jaw | Mandibular condyle |
| Triangle part behind/below the ears | Mastoid process |
| Between bottom of nose and top lip, think max has mustache | Maxilla |
| Chin | Mental |
| Holes on each side of the mandible | Mental foramen |
| The (visible) top two scroll shaped bones in the nostrils | Middle nasal concha |
| Makes the bridgevof your nose | Nasal bone |
| Lower bottom bone on back of skull | Occipital bone |
| Two bones on very top connected by the sagittal suture | Parietal bone |
| Small indent on floor of skull | Sella turcica |
| Temple area | Sphenoid bone |
| Pointy part on bottom of skull, think styluses have points | Styloid process |
| Surrounds the ears | Temporal bone |
| Separates the nose into two | Vomer |
| Cheek bones | Zygomatic bone |