Skull Osteology Terms and Definitions - Biology Study Aid

frontal bone

frontal crest

attachment for falx cerebri

orbital plates

supraorbital foramen

supraorbital artery and nerve

ethmoid bone

crista galli

attachment for falx cerebri

superior conchae

inferior conchae

cribriform plate

perpendicular plate

sphenoid bone

greater wing of sphenoid bone

lesser wing of sphenoid bone

medial pterygoid plate

lateral pterygoid plate

sella turcica

depression in the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland is located

optic canal

superior orbital fissure

inferior orbital fissure

foramen rotundum

foramen ovale

foramen ovale

foramen spinosum

parietal bone

Groove for middle meningeal vessels

temporal bone

petrous portion of temporal bone

internal acoustic meatus

external acoustic meatus

stylomastoid foramen

foramen lacerum

carotid canal

mastoid process

styloid process

jugular foramen

jugular foramen

zygomatic bone

temporal process of zygomatic bone

frontal process of zygomatic bone

mandible

head of mandible

neck of mandible

body of mandible

ramus of mandible

angle of mandible

mental protuberance

mental foramen

passage of mental n.

coronoid process

mandibular foramen

inferior alveolar nerve

occipital bone

foramen magnum

hypoglossal canals

external occipital protuberance

superior nuchal line

inferior nuchal line

maxilla

infraorbital foramen

zygomatic process

palatine process

horizontal plate

coronal suture

lambdoid suture

squamosal suture

pterion

nasal bone

lacrimal bone

vomer

inferior nasal conchae