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Cranium
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Frontal | forehead |
| parietal | top & side of cranial cavity |
| occipital | back of head |
| temporal | bottom side of skull behind ears |
| sphenoid | lateral (side) of eyeball |
| ethmoid | inner part up against nose (middle) |
| sagittal suture | two parietal bones meet (middle) |
| Coronal suture | connection w/ frontal & parietal |
| Lambdoid Suture | around the occipital bone |
| Squamosal suture | around the temporal bone |
| foramen magnum | hole in bottom of head |
| external auditory meatus | where your ear is (hole) |
| mastoid process | extension off of temporal bone |