There 8 individual bones of the cranium that are immovably united by sutures.
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| cranium | The skull; that portion of the skull which encloses the brain
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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 of the cranium
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| temporal | Pertaining to the temple or central sides of the cranium; of the two bones of the cranium located below and around each ear
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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, forming the anterior base of the cranium and part of each orbit
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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. The fontanels are often called "soft spots"
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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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