Anatomy & Physiology Skull Bone Vocabulary

Foreman Magnum

An opening in the occipital bone through which the spinal cord passes from the brain

Squamous Suture

Form boundaries between temporal bones and parietal bones

Mandible

Jaw bone

Zygomatic Process

The process of the maxillary bones that extends upward to articulate with the zygomatic bone

Lambdoid Suture

between parietal bones and occipital bone

Temporal Bone

bone that forms parts of the side of the skull and floor of the cranial activity. There is a right and left bone

Zygomatic Bone

cheek bone

Sphenoid Bone

compound bone that forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and below the front part of the brain. It has two pairs of broad lateral "wings" and a number of other projections, and contains two air-filled sinuses

Parietal Bone

either of two skull bones between the frontal and occipital bones and forming the top and sides of the cranium

Frontal Bone

forehead bone

Nasal Bone

forms bridge of nose

Ethmoid Bone

forms part of the posterior portion of the nose, the orbit, and the floor of the cranium

Occipital Bone

forms the posterior floor and walls of the cranium

Vomer

nasal septum

Styloid Process

pole-like process extending downward from the temporal bone on each side of the skull

Mastoid Process

round projection on the temporal bone behind the ear

Lacrimal Bone

small fragile bone making up part of the front inner walls of each eye socket and providing room for the passage of the lacrimal ducts

External Auditory Meatus

the opening of the exernal auditory canal of the outer ear

Coronal Suture

the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull

Maxilla

upper jaw bone