Lateral skull

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Frontal bone

Forehead bone

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Parietal bone

Top and upper side of skull

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Occipital bone

Back of the skull

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Temporal bone

Side of skull by your ear/temple

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Sphenoid bone (greater wing)

Small bone by the temple, behind the eye

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Ethmoid bone

Bone between the eye and nose

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Lacrimal bone

Tiny bone at inner corner of eye

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Nasal bone

Bridge of the nose

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Zygomatic bone

Cheekbone

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Maxilla

Upper jaw

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Mandible

Lower jaw

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Coronal suture

Line between frontal and parietal bones

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Squamous suture

Line between parietal and temporal bones

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Lambdoid suture

Line between parietal and occipital bones

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Occipitomastoid suture

Line between occipital and temporal bones behind the ear

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Zygomatic process

Temporal bone projection that helps make the cheek arch

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External acoustic meatus

Ear canal hole

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Mastoid process

Big rounded bump behind/below the ear canal

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Styloid process

Thin pointy spike below the ear canal

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Lacrimal fossa

Small depression by inner corner of eye

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Condylar process

Back upper projection of mandible; connects jaw to skull

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Coronoid process

Front upper projection of mandible

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Mandibular notch

Dip between condylar and coronoid processes

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Mandibular ramus

Upright/vertical part of lower jaw

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Mandibular angle

Corner of the jaw

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Mental foramen

Hole on the chin area

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Alveolar processes

Parts of the jaws that hold the teeth