Skull Bones

Scroll-shaped thin bones that make up the lateral part of the nasal cavity; lined with membranes that help to filter warm air

Inferior nasal conchae

lower jaw bone; connected to the skull in front of the ears

Mandible

Protect the eye; connects to maxilla, temporal bone, sphenoid bone and frontal bone; knows as the cheekbone.

Zygomatic

Light bone that makes up part of the nasal and orbital cavities and is anterior to the sphenoid bone

ethmoid bone

Thin bone forming the inner orbital cavity

lacrimal

Upper jaw; holds the upper teeth; forms portions of the orbital, nasal and oral cavities.

maxillae

two bones, side-by-side that make up the bridge of the nose;

nasal bones

lower, back portion of the skull that is shaped like a trapezoid; houses the foramen magnum through which the brain and spinal cord connect.

occipital

Forms part of the oral, nasal, and orbital cavities; form portions of the hard palate; posterior to the maxilla,

palatine bones

forms sides and roof of skull; Curved bones; joined together at the sagittal suture

parietal

Butterfly shaped bone; houses the pituitary gland; base of the skull

sphenoid

located on the sides of the head; houses the internal portion of the ear

temporal bone

thin, flat bones that form the back of the nasal septum

vomer

Large bone; makes up the roof of the orbital and nasal cavities; "forehead".

frontal