one occipital bone –foramen magnum two parietal bones one frontal bone –frontal sinuses focus:...
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• one occipital bone– foramen magnum
• two parietal bones
• one frontal bone– frontal sinuses
Focus: The Individual Bones of the Skull Cranial Bones
• two temporal bones– auditory ossicles
• one sphenoid
• one ethmoid
• Maxillary bones
• Mandible
• Palatine bones
• Nasal bones
• Vomer
Facial bones
• Inferior nasal conchae
• Zygomatic bones
• Lacrimal bones
• Hyoid
• Palatine bones– Small “L” shaped bones– Form the posterior hard palate and floor of the nasal
cavity
• Nasal bones– Superior border of external nares
Palatine and Nasal Bones
• Vomer– Inferior portion of the nasal septum
• Zygomatic bone– Temporal process articulates with zygomatic process
of temporal bone
• Lacrimal bones– Smallest bones of the face– Sit medially in orbit
Vomer, Zygomatic and Lacrimal bones
• Mandible– Bone of the lower jaw
• Hyoid– Suspended by stylohyoid ligaments– Supports the larynx
Mandible and Hyoid bones