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The Axial Skeleton: Cranial Bones

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The number of bones in the human skeleton   206  
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The number of bones in the axial skeleton   80  
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The number of bones in the appendicular skeleton   126  
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The functions of the cranium (2)   Encloses and protects brain, Provides attachment sites for some head and neck muscles  
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The functions of facial bones (5)   Forms framework of the face, Forms cavities for the sense organs, Provides openings for food and air, Holds teeth, Anchors muscles of the face  
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Superior margin of each orbit   Supraorbital Margin  
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Area of frontal bone which lies deep to eyebrows   Superciliary Arches  
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Smooth part of frontal bone between superciliary arches   Glabella  
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Rounded prominences on each side of the frontal bone where forehead turns back   Frontal Eminences  
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Internal part of frontal bone that holds the large frontal lobe of the brain   Cranial Fossa  
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Suture that occurs where the parietal bones meet the frontal bone   Coronal Suture  
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Suture that occurs where each parietal bone meets a temporal bone inferiorly   Squamous Suture  
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Suture that occurs where the parietal bones meet superiorly   Sagittal Suture  
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Suture that occurs where the parietal bones meet the occipital bone posteriorly   Lamdoidal Suture  
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The bone that forms the posterior portion of the cranium   Occipital Bone  
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Structure located at the base of the occipital bone where the brain stem passes through   Foramen Magnum  
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A feature of the occipital bone that articulates with the first vertebra, Enables nodding "yes"   Occipital Condyles  
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External surface of the occipital bone   External Occipital Protuberence  
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The bone that lies inferior to the parietal bones   Temporal Bones  
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Bar-like projection of the temporal bone that meets the zygomatic bone   Zygomatic Process  
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The inferior surface of the zygomatic process that receives the mandible   Mandibular Fossa  
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Region that surrounds the external auditory meatus   Tympanic Region  
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Region projecting inferiorly from the tympanic region   Styloid Region  
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Breast shaped region located posteriorly to the tympanic region   Mastoid Region  
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Projection located in the mastoid region   Mastoid Process  
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Region that projects medially and contributes to the cranial base   Petrous Region  
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The opening through which the internal carotid artery passes through   Carotid Canal  
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Opening through which the internal jugular vein passes through   Jugular Foramen  
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Bones of the ear   Ear Ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes)  
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The bone that spans the width of the cranial floor, Resembles a butterfly   Sphenoid Bone  
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Saddle shaped prominence on the sphenoid bone   Sella Turcica  
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Structure of the sella turcica that holds the pituitary gland   Hypophyseal Fossa  
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The bone that lies between the nasal and sphenoid bones   Ethmoid Bone  
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The superior surface of the ethmoid bone   Cribriform Plate  
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The superior projection between the two cribriform plates that help secure the brain to the cranial cavity   Crista Galli  
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