Division of the Skeleton: The Skull and Facial Bones
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| osseous | bony; composed of bone; pertaining to bone
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| osteoblast | a cell associated with the production of bone
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| oesteoclast | a large cell associated with the absorption and removal of bone
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| osteocyte | a mature osteoblast
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| collagen | a fibrous insoluble protein found in the white fibers of connective tissue including bone, ligaments, adn tendons
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| periosteum | the specialized connective tissue covering all the bones of the body
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| endosteum | the connective tissue memebreane lining the medullary cavity of bone
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| medullary | pertaining to bone marrow or th einner protion of an organ
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| diaphysis | the portion of a long bone between its ends; shaft
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| epiphysis | the end of a long bone that is usually wider than the shaft
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| ossification | the formation of bone
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| calcification | deposit of calcium salts within bony tissues
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| axis | a straight line (imaginer) passing through th ecenter about which a body or part may rotate
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| axial | pertaining to or forming an axis
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| appendicular | pertaining to an appendage such as a limb or extremity
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| skeleton | the bony framework of the body consisting of 206 bones
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| skeletal | pertaining to the skeleton
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| cranium | the skull
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| frontal | pertaining to the forehead or forehead bone
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| parietal | pertaining to the two bones that form most of the roof and upper sides pf the cranium
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| temporal | pertaining to the temple or central sides of the cranium
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| occipital | pertaining to the back and most of the lower base of the skull
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| sphenoid | wedge-shaped; pertaining to the bat-shaped bone that extends behind the eyes
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| ethmoid | sieve-like, pertaining to the delicate bone that forms much of the internal nasal structure and part of each orbit
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| suture | one of the jagged seams that unite the adjoining bones of the skull
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| fontanel | a space located at the junction of the sutures in the skull of the infant
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| sinus | one of the eight air-filled cavities in the skull that communicate with the nasal cavity
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| orbital | pertaining to the orbit or eye socket
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| zygoma | the cheeckbone
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| maxilla | one of the pair of bones forming the upper jaw
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| maxillary | pertaining to the upper jaw bone
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| mandible | the lower jaw bone; horseshoe-shaped
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| mandibular | pertaining to the lower jaw bone
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| nasal | pertaining to the nose or one of te two bones that form the bridge of the nose
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