skull major bones n structures

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Frontal

Forehead

<p>Forehead</p><p></p><p></p><p></p>
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Parietal

Side of head

<p>Side of head</p><p></p>
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Occipital

Back of skull

<p>Back of skull</p>
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Foramen magnum

Big hole

<p>Big hole</p>
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Occipital condyles

Round processes

<p>Round processes </p>
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Temporal

Bone at temple

<p>Bone at temple</p>
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Zygoatic arch

Extends forward to cheek

<p>Extends forward to cheek</p>
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External auditory meatus

Hole internal ear

<p>Hole internal ear</p>
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styloid process

Pointed process

<p>Pointed process </p>
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Mastoid process

Rounded articulations

<p>Rounded articulations </p>
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Zygomatic

Cheek

<p>Cheek</p>
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Nasal

Nose

<p>Nose</p>
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Maxilla

Upper jaw

<p>Upper jaw</p>
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Lacrimal

Near inside corner of eye

<p>Near inside corner of eye</p>
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Ethmoid

Visible several places eye socket basically the bone near eye

<p>Visible several places eye socket basically the bone near eye</p>
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Nasal concha

Curved structure visible from front

<p>Curved structure visible from front</p>
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Crista galli

Crest visible as you look down into skull

<p>Crest visible as you look down into skull</p>
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Cribriform plate

Holey plate where olfactory bulbs lies

<p>Holey plate where olfactory bulbs lies</p>
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Sphenoid

Forms based attachment for other parts

<p>Forms based attachment for other parts</p>
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Sella turcica

Saddle shaped depression pituitary glad lies here

<p>Saddle shaped depression pituitary glad lies here</p>
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Palatine

Behind maxilla

<p>Behind maxilla</p>
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Median palatine suture

Midline fusion of the palatine

<p>Midline fusion of the palatine</p>
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Mandible

Lower jaw

<p>Lower jaw</p>
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Mental foramen

Holes in the mandible nerves and blood vessels

<p>Holes in the mandible nerves and blood vessels </p>
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Vomer

Thin flat bone located along midline nasal cavity

<p>Thin flat bone located along midline nasal cavity </p>
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Coronal

the dense, fibrous joint connecting the frontal bone (forehead) to the two parietal bones (top of the skull)

<p><mark>the dense, fibrous joint connecting the frontal bone (forehead) to the two parietal bones (top of the skull)</mark></p>
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Sagittal

fibrous, jagged joint running along the top-center of the skull

<p><mark>fibrous, jagged joint running along the top-center of the skull</mark></p>
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Squamosal

a fibrous, interlocking joint in the human skull that connects the parietal bone to the temporal bone

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Lambdoidal

the dense, fibrous joint at the back of the skull that connects the two parietal bones to the occipital bone