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Skeletal System
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Frontal Bone | forms forehead and part of the roof of the cranium and contains frontal sinus |
| Coronal Suture | posterior boundary of frontal bone |
| supraorbital margin | forms roof of the orbit (Part of frontal bone) |
| supraorbital foramen | provides passage for nerve, artery, and vein (Part of frontal bone) |
| glabella | smooth area above root of the nose (Part of frontal bone) |
| Parietal bone | forms most of cranial roof and part of its lateral walls •two temporal lines serve as attachment of the temporalis muscle |
| The 4 sutures that border the Parietal Bone | –sagittal – between parietal bones –coronal – at anterior margin –lambdoid – at posterior margin –squamous – at lateral border |
| Sagittal | between parietal bones |
| Coronal | at anterior margin |
| Lambdoid | at posterior margin |
| Squamous | at lateral border |