Skull Bones and Features

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orbit

The "eye sockets" are also known as the...

median palantine suture

The arrow is pointing to this feature...

lateral pterygoid plate

A plate that has a wing-like shape, inferior to the wings of the sphenoid bone known as...

medial pterygoid plate

A plate that has a wing-like shape, inferior to the wings of the sphenoid bone known as...

sella turcica

Acting as a "saddle" for the pituitary gland, this encompassing portion of the sphenoid bone is called the...

dorsum sellae

Acting as the "back to the saddle" of the pituitary gland, this feature of the sphenoid bone is called the...

supraorbital ridge

Also known as the "eyebrow ridge", this feature is known as...

infraorbital foramen

Location where nerves and arteries pass through to reach the face...

supraorbital foramen

Location where nerves and arteries pass through to reach the face...

foramen rotundum

Name the foramen most anterior to the other two found on the sphenoid bone...

superior orbital fissure

Name the highlighted bone found in the orbit...

optic canal

Name the highlighted holes...

foramen ovale

Name the larger foramen that is anterior and posterior between the other two, and is located on the sphenoid bone is called...

foramen spinosum

Name the most lateral and posterior foramen compared to the other two...

external auditory meatus

The "hole" in this image on the lateral side of the skull is called the...

frontal bone from the left parietal bone and right parietal bone

The coronal suture separates what three (3) bones?

olfactory foramina

The holes located on the cribriform plate are called the...

seperates the occipital bone between the left and right parietal bones and the left and right temporal bones.

The lambdoid suture seperates which five (5) bones?

perpendicular plate

The medial plate found in the ethmoid bone is called the...

between the left and right parietal bones

The sagittal suture separates which two (2) bones?

cribriform plate

The small, horizontal plate of bone that contains numerous holes lateral to the crista galli is known as the...

the left and right parietal bones

The squamous suture seperates which two (2) bones?

coronal suture

The suture in this image is called the [name of suture].

lambdoid suture

The suture in this image is called the [name of suture].

sagittal suture

The suture in this image is called the [name of suture].

squamous suture

The suture in this image is called the [name of suture].

mastoid process(es)

These "large projections" on the temporal bones are called...

greater wing

These large, wing-like sphenoid bones are known as the...

lesser wing

These small, wing-like sphenoid bones are known as the...

inferior orbital fissure

This hole inside the orbit is called the...

superior orbital fissure

This hole inside the orbit is called the...

crista galli

This sharp ridge found on the ethmoid bone is known as the...

sphenoid bone

What bone of the cranium in highlighted (hot pink)?

occipital bone

What bone of the cranium is highlighted (brown?

ethmoid bone

What bone of the cranium is highlighted (orange)?

temporal bone

What bone of the cranium is highlighted (orange)?

parietal bone

What bone of the cranium is highlighted (red)?

frontal bone

What bone of the cranium is highlighted (yellow)?

nasal

Which facial bone is highlighted (dark blue)?

lacrimal

Which facial bone is highlighted (green)?

maxilla

Which facial bone is highlighted (purple)?

mandible

Which facial bone is highlighted (red)?

vomer

Which facial bone is highlighted (teal)?


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