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Frontal: forehead bone/contains sinus, part of orbits
Bridge of nose: Nasal Boned holding parasinus:Front, sphenoid,ethmoid, maxilla |
Zygomatic: cheek bone
Hyoid: u-shaped/no articulation w/any other bones/anchored to styloid of temple. in neck/tongue muscles attch. |
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Mandible: lower jaw;lgst., strongest bone. it's body anchors lower teeth.
Site of Mental Foramen |
Palatine:anterior/hard palate
Occipital: most posterior part of cranium/base skull |
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Sphenoid: keystone, joins all cranial bones!/bat shaped, anterior plateau mid- cranial across width of skull/ site of sella turcica
greater wings form part of eye orbit sides |
Ethmoid: cocks comb, crista galli / secure brain w/in skull upward projects. Most deeply situated bone.
Cribiform plate:olifactory nerves pass through here/Sup, Medial nasal conchae formed from its projections |
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Parietal: sides of cranium
Vomer:part of nasal septum Inferior nasal Concha: lat wall of nasal cavity |
 Temporal:4 parts Squamous(against parietals), tympanic(ear opening), mastoid process (posterior to ear), petrous (lat. portion of skull base). Styloid Process |
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8 bones in cranium:
frontal, (2) parietal, (2) temporal,Occipital, Sphenoid,Ethmoid, |
Maxilla: upper jaw;soft palate, orbits, nasal cavity walls/alveoli bearing teeth.
Nasal Cavity: site of cribriform plate of ethmoid; |
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Zygomatic: cheekbones;part of inferolateral orbits
Nasal Bones: bridge of nose; |
Lacrimal: medial walls of orbit/in front of ethmoid
Palatine: L-shaped/posterior hard palate. |
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Occipital: it's condyles articulate w/ Atlas of spine
Also: Foramen Magnum |
Suture: Interlocking joints of the skull bones
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