Cranial Bones
This is the strongest bone in the skull.
What is the frontal bone?
This facial bone holds the upper teeth.
What is the maxilla?
This foramen allows the optic nerve to pass through it.
What is the optic canal?
This skull bone is the smallest.
What is the lacrimal bone?
These skull bones contributes to the formation of the nasal septum.
What are the vomer and the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone?
This cranial bone houses the brain’s visual processing center.
What is the occipital bone?
The zygomatic bone functions to do this.
What is to form the cheekbone and contributes to the orbit?
This foramen allows the mandibular nerve to exit it.
What is the foramen ovale?
There are this many bones that make up the skull.
What is 22?
This structure allows for movement between the skull and the vertebral column and it articulates with this bone.
What are the occipital condyles, which articulate with the atlas (C1 vertebra)?
This cranial suture connects the frontal and parietal bones.
What is the coronal suture
This is the only moveable bone in the skull.
What is the mandible?
The jugular foramen transmits this vein and these cranial nerves.
What are the internal jugular vein and cranial nerves IX, X, XI?
The purpose of the sutures in the skull is to do this.
What is to allow for skull growth and flexibility during development?
This names the small openings in the maxilla that allow blood vessels and nerves to pass through.
What is the infraorbital foramina?
This bone forms the base of the skull and contains the foramen magnum.
What is the occipital bone?
This bone forms the lower jaw and connects with the temporal bone.
What is the mandible?
This foramen serves as a passage for the internal carotid artery.
What is the carotid canal?
This bone helps form the eye socket and is often overlooked for this function.
What is the sphenoid bone?
This skull bone contains the hypophyseal fossa, the depression that houses the pituitary gland.
What is the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone?
This bone contains the sella turcica, the bony structure that houses the pituitary gland.
What is the sphenoid bone?
This paired facial bone forms part of the medial walls of the orbits and contain a groove for the lacrimal sac.
What are the lacrimal bones?
This foramen allows the passage of the maxillary nerve (V2), a branch of the trigeminal nerve.
What is the foramen rotundum?
This bone develops through intramembranous ossification and does not have a cartilaginous precursor?
What is the frontal bone?
This bone in the skull contains the auditory ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes).
What is the temporal bone.