Basic Bones
Frontal
Occipital
Cranial
What bone forms LOWER jaw
Mandible
What passes through the foramen magnum
Spinal cord
Which bone forms hard palate
Palatine
What bone contains the External Acoustic Meatus
Temporal
Maxilla
Facial
Connects the temporal and Maxilla
Zygomatic
What bone contains the supraorbital Formen
Frontal
What bone provides passage for sound
Temporal
What suture connects the Parietal lobes
Sagittal Suture
Name a paired Cranial Bone
Parietal or Temporal
What is a indentation that you can see from a bottom view of a skull right beside the zygomatic process
Mandibular fossa
Which foramen is only in the occipital bone and very close to the foramen magnum
hypoglossal canal
Which bone forms medial wall of nasal cavity
Ethmoid
What protrudes out of the back of the occipital bone
external occipital protuberance
Vomer
Facial
Lacrimal
Which foramen is anterior to foramen spinosum and posterior to Foramen rotundum
Foramen Ovale
supports the tongue and plays a crucial role in swallowing and speech.
Hyoid
What bone and bone structure houses the Pituitary gland
Sphenoid bone, Sella Turcica
Mandible
What pocket Holds the Teeth
Alveolar Margin
Which two bones surround the Jugular Foramen
Temporal and Occipital
What is the purpose of the ossification centers on fetal skull
Make the skull more flexible to pass through birth canal (intramembranous ossification)