Question | Answer |
forms sides and roof of skull; Curved bones; joined together at the sagittal suture | Parietal |
Lower jaw bone; connects to the skull in front of the ears; | Mandible |
Light bone that makes up part of the nasal and orbital cavities and is anterior to the sphenoid bone | ethmoid bone |
Protect the eye; connects to maxilla, temporal bone, sphenoid bone and frontal bone; knows as the cheekbone. | Zygomatic |
Forms part of the oral, nasal, and orbital cavities; form portions of the hard palate; posterior to the maxilla, | palatine bones |
Butterfly shaped bone; houses the pituitary gland; base of the skull | Sphenoid |
Upper jaw; holds the upper teeth; forms portions of the orbital, nasal and oral cavities | maxillae |
Thin bone forming the inner orbital cavity | lacrimal |
two bones, side-by-side that make up the bridge of the nose | nasal bones |
thin, flat bones that form the back of the nasal septum | vomer |
lower, back portion of the skull that is shaped like a trapezoid; houses the foramen magnum through which the brain and spinal cord connect | occipital |
located on the sides of the head; houses the internal portion of the ear | temporal bone |
Scroll-shaped thin bones that make up the lateral part of the nasal cavity; lined with membranes that help to filter warm air | inferior nasal conchae |
Large bone; makes up the roof of the orbital and nasal cavities; "forehead" | frontal |