Description

forms the forehead
formed where the two parietal bones meet.
inferior to the external auditory process. Used as an attachment joint
rest on the first vertebrae
shaped like a butterfly and forms part of the floor in the cranial cavity.
Lower jaw and is the largest and strongest bone of the face. This bone will join with the temporal bones.
cheek bones.
bone irregularly shaped and is anterior to the sphenoid. Found at the roof of the nasal cavity.
allow nerve fibers to carry nerve impulses from the nose to the brain
optic nerve that passes to the eye
found where the temporal bone and parietal bones meet.
bones lie inferior to the parietal bones
rough projection posterior and inferior to the external acoustic meatus.
anterior to the jugular foramen
leads to the middle ear. Sound enters the ear.
bone forms the base and back wall of the skull.
joins at the occipital and temporal bone.
allows the spinal cord to connect to the brain
extension of the maxillae. Form the anterior part of the hard palate of the mouth
bone lies in the median line of the nasal cavity.
bones lie posterior to the palatine processes of the maxillae
what the upper teeth are carried in
suture found where the paired parietal bones meet the frontal bone
joins with the occipital and parietal.
bones form along the superior and lateral walls of the cranium
forms enclosure for the pituitary gland
posterior end of the sella turcica
this bone is found on the inferior side of the nasal cavity.
forms the upper jaw. All bones join here except for the mandible.
rectangular bones that form the bridge of the nose.

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