The Skull

frontal bone

forehead

supraorbital margin

Supraoribital Foramen

parietal bone

coronal suture

the suture between the parietal and frontal bones of the skull

sagittal suture

between the two parietal bones

squamous suture

Between parietal and temporal bones

Lambdoid suture

between parietal bones and occipital bone

temporal bone

zygomatic process of temporal bone

extension from the temporal bone that forms the posterior portion of the zygomatic arch

zygomatic arch

mandibular fossa

the depression in the temporal bone into which the condyle of the mandible fits

external accoustic meatus

Also called the ear canal, is the tube running from the outer ear to the middle ear.

stylomastoid foramen

styloid process of temporal bone

origin of stylohyoid

mastoid process

jugular foramen

Carotid canal

internal accoustic meatus

foramen lacerum

occipital bone

foramen magnum

A large opening at the base of the skull through which the brain connects to the spinal cord.

occipital condyles

articulate with the atlas

hypoglossal canal

external occipital protuberance

bump on back of head

ethmoid bone

forms part of the posterior portion of the nose, the orbit, and the floor of the cranium

crista galli

olfactory foramina

holes in cribriform plate and in between is the crista galli

cribiform plates

perpendicular plate

superior nasal conchae

middle nasal conchae

sphenoid bone

Greater wings

lesser wings

lateral pterygoid process

medial pterygoid process

inferior orbital fissure

superior orbital fissure

Dorsum sallae

Sella turcica

hypophyseal fossa

optic foramen

optic canal

foramen ovale

foramen rotundum

foramen spinosum

Mandible

mandibular ramus

mandibular body

Mandibular angle

mandibular condyle

coronoid process

mental foramen

mandibular notch

alveolar process of mandible

mandibular foramen

Maxilla

alveolar process of maxilla

Paletine process

Infraoribital foramen

Incisive fossa

Paletine bone

Zygomatic bone

Temporal process of zygomatic bone

Lacriminal bone

vomer bone

Inferior nasal conchae

nasal bone