face bones / vertebrae identification / sinus / landmarks of bone

Meatus

Canal like passageway

Sinus

Bone cavity filled with air and lined with mucous membrane

Fossa

Shallow basin like depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface

Notch

Indentation at the edge of a structure

Foramen

Round or oval opening in a bone

Fissure

Narrow slit like opening

Head

Bony expansion carried on a narrow neck

Facet

Smooth nearly flat articular surface

Condyle

Rounded articular projection

Ramus

Arm like bar of bone

Process

Bony prominence

Spine

Sharp, slender, often pointed projection

Epicondyle

Raised area on or above a condyle

Tubercle

Small rounded projection or process

Line

Narrow ridge of bone, less prominent than a crest

Trochanter

Very large, blunt, irregular process, only on the femur

Crest

Narrow ridge of bone, usually prominent

Tuberosity

Large rounded projection, may be roughened

Sinus 1?

Frontal sinus

Sinus 2?

Ethmoidal air cells

Sinus 3

Sphenoidal sinus

Sinus 4

Maxillary sinus

Vertebrae 1?

Atlas

Vertebrae 2?

Axis

Vertebrae 3?

Cervical

Vertebrae 4?

Thoracic

Fetus skull bone 1

Parietal bone L/R

Fetus skull bone 2

Sphenoidal fontanelle

Fetus skull bone 3

Maxilla

Fetus skull bone 4

Mandible

Fetus skull bone 5

Anterior fontanelle

Fetus skull bone 6

Frontal suture

Fetus skull bone 7

Frontal bone

Fetus skull bone 8

Temporal bone

Fetus skull bone 9

Occipital

Fetus skull bone 10

Mastoid fontanelle

Exploded skull 1

Exploded skull parietal bone

Exploded skull 2

Exploded skull Sphenoidal bone

Exploded skull 3

Exploded skull temporal bone

Exploded skull 4

Exploded skull Zygomatic bone

Exploded skull 5

Exploded skull Maxilla

Exploded skull 6

Exploded skull Frontal bone

Exploded skull 7

Exploded skull Ethmoid bone

Exploded skull 8

Exploded skull Nasal bones

Exploded skull 9

Exploded skull mandible