Skull Bones Birds

Cranium

Set of bones that encase the brain

Middle Ear Region

Air filled hole that leads to ear?

Orbit

Indentation in skull that houses the eyes.

Occipital condyle

Rounded projection located just anterior forward to foramen Magnum. Atlas links here.

Foramen Magnum

Large opening at the base of the skull

Dentary

Bone forming each side of low beak.

Articular

Major bone at the bottom of the Mandible.

Premaxillae

2 bones with processes that form upper edge/tip of upper mandible.

Maxillary Process of Premaxilla

Frontal Process of Premaxilla

Nasal process of Premaxilla

Jugal

Thin, toothpick like bones that form most anterior part of zygomatic bar.

Quadrate

Right and Left bones connecting lower Mandible to cranium.

Rhamphotheca

Outer sheath that covers mandibles.

Sclerotic Ring

Bony ring supporting eyes of birds and non mammals.

Mesethmoid

Structure between holes in eye hole?

Frontal Bones

Elongate flat bones that form major portion of skull roof.

Nasal bones

Paired bones extending from forward edge of frontals.

Nasal aperature

Hole in top mandible.

Parietal bones

Square shaped bones that form posterior surface of the skull.

Occipital Complex

4 Bones that surround Foramen Magnum

Occipital Crest

Crest between Skull (cranium?) and occipital condyle

Vomer

Middle dermal bone on ventral view

Pterygoid

Short thick T shaped bones that attach quadrate bones to palatine bones