Skull Part 1

Skull

Entire bony head including the face and mandible

Cranium (crania)

skull excluding the mandible

Calvarium (calvaria)

cranium w/o the face; upper part of the neurocranium

Calotte

calvarium w/o the bones of the skull base; typically removed during autopsy

Basicranium

skull base without the calotte

Neurocranium

“braincase” that houses and protects the brain

Viserocranium/splanchnocranium

facial skeleton

Coronal Suture

Sagittal Suture

Lambdoidal Suture

Squamosal Suture

Metopic Suture

Sphenofrontal

Sphenoparietal

Sphenosquamous

Parietomastoid

Occipitomastoid

Frontal portion of the Socket

Sphenoid

Zygomatic

Palatine

Maxilla

Lacrimal

Ethmoid

Frontal Eminence/Boss

Temporal Lines

Superciliary arch

Supraorbital margin

Glabella

Metopic suture

Zygomatic process

Nasal process

Frontal Crest

Sagittal Sulcus

Arachnoid foveae

Meningeal grooves

Orbital plate

Ethmoidal Notch

Lacrimal fossa