Cranial Bones I
Cranial Bones II
Facial Bones I
Facial Bones II
Sutures
100
Most anterior bone of the cranium.
What is the frontal?
100

Butterfly-shaped bone on the base of the cranium.

What is the sphenoid bone?

100
This bone joins the temporal bone to the maxilla.
What is the zygomatic bone?
100
Tear ducts pass through here.
What is the lacrimal bone?
100
Joins frontal and parietal bones.
What is the coronal suture?
200
Bone pair joined by the sagittal suture.
What is the parietal?
200

Bone at posterior and base of skull.  Articulates with C1 vertebra.

What is the occipital bone?

200
Upper jaw.
What is the maxilla?
200

Forms the bony nasal septum, separating left nostril from right nostril.

What is the vomer?

200
Joins the two parietal bones.
What is the sagittal suture?
300

site of mastoid process and styloid process

What is the temporal bone?

300
Site of the external acoustic meatus.
What is temporal bone?
300
Bony skeleton of the nose.
What is the nasal bone?
300
Cavities in facial bones near the nose which are lined by mucous membranes to keep the nose moist.

What are the paranasal sinuses?

300
Joins the temporal and parietal bones.
What is the squamous suture?
400

Contains the Sella Turcica "Turk's Saddle", home of the pituitary gland.

What is the sphenoid bone?

400
The spinal cord passes through an opening in this bone.
What is the occipital bone?
400
Fused bones forming the posterior bony roof of the mouth.
What is the palatine bone?
400
Lower jaw.
What is the mandible?
400
joins the occipital and parietal bones.
What is the lambdoid suture?
500
Superior and medial nasal conchae are actually part of this bone.
What is the ethmoid?
500

Soft spots in infantile skulls made of fibrous connective tissue.

What are fontanels?

500
Fused bones forming the anterior roof of the mouth.
What is the maxilla?
500

Site of mental foramen.

What is the mandible?

500
A joint that is fused and immobile.
What is a suture?
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