the skull (lateral view)

sagittal suture

separates parietal bones

coronal suture

separates frontal and parietal bones

lambdoidal suture

posterior of the skull. separates occipital and parietal bones

squamosal suture

connects temporal and parietal bones

mastoid process

juts out at base of temporal bone. massive neck muscle attaches

external auditory canal

anterior to mastoid process

styloid process

inferior and medial to auditory canal

sphenoid bone

anterior to the temporal bone (spans both sides of skull)

spenosquamosal suture

connects sphenoid to temporal bones

anterior fontanelle

area on an infants head where skull bones have not fused

mandibular angle

corner of jawline

mandibular condyle

sits medial behind the arch bone

mandibular notch

u shaped curve on superior edge of mandible

ramus

spanning from mandibular condyle to mandibular angle

coronoid process

partially hidden by the zygomatic, anterior to the mandibular notch

anterior nasal spine

pointed bone at the base of the nose

mental protuberance

apex of chin

zygomatic

cheek bone

arch

extends posterior from zygomatic to temporal bone