axial skeleton

between the two parietal bones

sagittal suture

between the frontal and parietal bones.

coronal suture

between the temporal and parietal bones

squamous suture

between the occipital and parietal bones.

lambdoid suture

flat bone, forehead.

frontal bone

flat, arched region immediately inferior to eyebrow

supraorbital margins

irregularly shaped small opening in supraorbital margins, medial

supraorbital notches

anterior ridges superior to optic orbits, forms base of eyebrow

superciliary arches

smooth area formed by union of superciliary arches superior to nasal bones

glabella

shallow depression on frontal bone, where frontal lobe of the brain rests.

anterior cranial fossa

flat bone, left and right side of the skull.

parietal bone

irregular bone, on the left and right side of the skull.

temporal bone

rough, rounded projection immediately posterior to ear

mastoid process

flat, thin superior part of bone, superior to ear

squamous portion

formed from the anterior articulation with the temporal process of the zygomatic bone

zygomatic arch

external acoustic meatus

mandibular fossa

styloid process

stylomastoid foramen

jugular fossa

jugular foramen

carotid canal

petrous portion

internal acoustic meatus

narrow, bridgelike projection that articulates anteriorly with the temporal process of the zygomatic bone

zygomatic process

shallow depression by sphenoid and temporal bone, where the middle of the brain rests.

middle cranial fossa

flat bone, back of the head

occipital bone

external occipital protuberance

superior nuchal line

foramen magnum

occipital condyles

internal occipital protuberance

internal occipital crest

shallow depression mainly on occipital bone.

posterior cranial fossa

hypoglossal canal

irregular bone, mostly found interior

sphenoid bone

in green

lesser wings

in green

greater wings

sella turcica

posterior clinoid process

anterior clinoid process

in green

optic canal

in green

superior orbital fissure

inferior orbital fissure

foramen rotundum

foramen ovale

foramen lacerum

foramen spinosum

pterygoid process

irregular bone, anterior to the sphenoid bone

ethmoid bone

crista galli

in green

cribriform plate

perpendicular plate

middle nasal conchae

2, forms the lateral wall of the nasal cavity

inferior nasal concha bone

lower jaw

mandible

body of mandible

mental foramen

mental tubercles

posterior process

condylar process

mandibular notch

anterior process

coronoid process

ramus

alveolar processes

mandibular foramen

form the proximal bridge of the nose

nasal bone

in green

lacrimal bone

lacrimal fossa

nasolacrimal canal

forms the floor of the nasal cavity

vomer

2, forms the cheek bones

zygomatic bone

temporal process

2, forms the posterior hard palate

palatine

horizontal plate

upper jaw

maxillary

incisive fossa

forms most of the hard palate

palatine process

anterior nasal spine

infraorbital foramen

alveolar processes

greater horn of hyoid

lesser horn of hyoid

body of hyoid

1

vertebral body

7

pedicle

6

lamina

3

transverse process

5

vertebral foramen

7

spinous process

transverse foramen

superior articular facet

c1-c7

cervical vertebrae

transverse process

superior articular facet

transverse foramen

e

facet for dens

inferior articular facet

c1

atlas vertebrae

c2

axis vertebrae

pointer

vertebral body