Week One: Skull Bones
Vomer Bone
a long, flat bone that joins with the ethmoid bone to create the nasal spectrum.
Temporal Bone
a temporal bone on each side of the skull joins the parietal bone along the squamosal suture.
Sphenoid Bone
butterfly-shaped bone; houses the pituitary gland; base of the skull; in front of temporal bone
Occipital Bone
forms the back of the skull and the base of the cranium right behind the parietal bones.
Frontal Bone
forms the front portion of the skull above the eyes and includes the forehead, the roof of the nasal cavity, and the roofs of the eye sockets.
Ethmoid Bone
located in front of the sphenoid bone. It consists of two masses, one on each side of the nasal cavity. These form sections of the nasal cavity and eye sockets.
Nasal Bones
oblong bones that vary in size and form in different individuals. They lie side by side between the frontal processes of the maxillary bones and join to form the bridge of the nose.
Parietal Bone
one is located on each side of the skull just behind the frontal bone. It has four borders and is shaped like a curved plate. Together, they make the roof of the cranium.
Zygomatic Bones
responsible for the cheeks below and the sides of the eyes. Helps form lateral walls and floors of orbits.
Inferior Nasal Conchae
scroll-shaped thin bones making up lateral part of nasal cavity; the membranes lining them help to filter and warm air
Palatine Bones
situated in the back of the nasal cavity between the maxilla and the pterygoid process.
Mandible
the lower jaw bone, consists of a horizontal horseshoe-like body with a flat ramus projecting upward at each end.
Lacrimal Bones
thin, scale like structure located in the middle wall of each eye socket between the ethmoid bone and the maxilla.
Maxillae
forms the upper-jaw and is the keystone of the face. All other immovable bones are connected to this. Makes up the front of the roof of the mouth, floors of the orbits, and sides of the nasal cavity.