Adam - ESS 205 Lab Unit 2

Supraorbital foramen

Little holes above the eyes

Infraorbital

Little holes Below the eyes

Metal Foramen

Little holes on the side of the jaw

Mandibular fossa

The notch where the jaw (mandible) connects into the skull

External meatus

Ear holes

Mastoid process

Boney point behind the ear

Styloid process

Bony projection under the ear, makes a point

Zygomatic process

Projection on the outer sides of eye socket, helps make the cheekbone

External occipital protuberance

Bony bump on the back of your head

Angle of the Mandible

Where your jaw makes a turn, change in direction of the mandible

Foramen magnum

Large hole in the bottom of your skull

Wings of the sphenoid

Flattened extensions of the sphenoid bone, inside your skull helping make a base

Sella turcica

A part of the sphenoid bone that hold the pituitary gland

Optic foramen

The hole in the back of your eye socket and sphenoid bone that allows the optic nerve to pass through

Occipital condyle

Rounded projections on the occipital bone that connects to the first vertebrae “C1”

Maxilla

Forms upper jaw and part of your cheek bones

Palatine

roof of mouth

Zygomatic

Bone that forms the cheek and part of the eye socket

Lacrimal

Inner eyes, tear ducts

Nasal

Top/ridge of nose

Vormer

Bone that forms the lower part of the eye socket and supports the nasal structure

Mandible

Lower jawbone

Coronal

Down the side of the head, separates the frontal and parietals

Sagittal

Through the top of the head, between the parietals

Lambdoidal

Back of the head, separating the parietals and the occipital

Squamous

Over the ear, between the parietals and the temporal