Axial Skeleton

Frontal

Forehead bone, contains paranasal sinuses

Zygomatic

Cheek Bone

Mandible

Lower Jaw, site of mental foramen

Nasals

Bridge of nose, nasal septum

Palatines

Posterior part of hard palate

Parietals

Much of the lateral and superior cranium

Occipital

Most posterior part of cranium, its condyles articulate with the axis, foramen magnum contained here,

Sphenoid

Single, irregular, bat-shaped bone, forming part of the cranial floor; contains paranasal sinuses

Lacrimal

Tiny bones, bearing tear ducts

Maxillae

Anterior part of hard palate, contains paranasal sinuses

Ethmoid

Superior and middle nasal conchae formed from its projections; site of cribriform plate, contains paranasal sinuses

Temporal

Site of mastoid process, middle ear found here, bears an upward protrusion “cocks comb” or crista galli, site of external acoustic meatus

Hyoid

Site of styloid process

Nasal Septum

Ethmoid, Vomer

True Ribs

Vertebral Sternal (1-7)

False Ribs

Vertebral Chondral (8-10)

Vertebral Ribs

Floating Ribs (11-12)