Axial Skeleton - Skull

temporal bone

thinnest part of the skull

occipital bone

thickest part of the skull

Frontal bone

Parietal Bone

Temporal bone

Sphenoid bone

Ethmoid bone

supraorbital foramen

superior orbital fissure

sagittal suture

lambdoid suture

coronal suture

squamous suture

external acoustic meatus

mastoid process

styloid process

zygomatic arch

sphenoid bone

ethmoid bone

occipital condyle

foramen magnum

foramen magnum

biggest hole in the skull

sphenoid bone

other cranial bones meet up with this bone

foramen rotundum

foramen ovale

optic foramen

sella turcica (hypophyseal fossa) of sphenoid bone

Name this section and the bone it belongs to that holds that pituitary gland

optic foramen

location where optic nerves enter through

Optic groove

location where the optic nerves criss-cross after entering through the optic foramen

crista galli

perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone

cribriform plate

foramen lacerum

internal auditory canal

jugular foramen

hypoglossal meatus

lacrimal bone

nasal bone

infraorbital foramen

zygomatic bone

maxilla

nasal septum

what is a term describing the perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone with vomer together?

vomer

mandible

mental foramen

lacrimal bone

bone in which tearduct is located

palatine bone

frontal sinus

ethmoid sinus

sphenoid sinus

maxillary sinus

anterior fontanel

fibrous membrane

which membrane covers the fontanels?

posterior fontanel

sphenoid fontanel

mastoid fontanel

hyoid

coronal, lambdoid, sagittal, squamous sutures

types of sutures on the skull

zygomatic process of temporal bone

temporal process of zygomatic bone

ethmoid bone

these are features of which bone?