Cranial Bones I
Butterfly-shaped bone on the base of the cranium.
What is the sphenoid bone?
Bone at posterior and base of skull. Articulates with C1 vertebra.
What is the occipital bone?
Forms the bony nasal septum, separating left nostril from right nostril.
What is the vomer?
site of mastoid process and styloid process
What is the temporal bone?
Site of infraorbital foramen
Maxilla
Contains the Sella Turcica "Turk's Saddle", home of the pituitary gland.
What is the sphenoid bone?
True or False: All cranial Bones are immovable.
True
Site of mental foramen.
What is the mandible?