cat skull

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Ethmoid- inside the eye

Frontal- forehead bone

Lacrimal- small oval where you cry from

Malar-  cheek bone (ring)

Mandible- jaw bone

Maxilla- L shaped bones (above the premaxilla)

Palatine- roof of the mouth (palate)

Parietal- back half of the skull (oh my goodness bones)

Premaxilla- small rectangle bone (holds small teeth

Nasal- upside down V (top edge of nose)

Occipital- triangle shaped bone with hole in the middle

Sphenoid- race track bone in the middle of the eggs

Squamosal- squeeze the squamosals (bumps on the back of the skull

Temporal- easter egg (big knobs)

Anterior Palatine Foramen- on the palate in the front of the skull

Foramen Magnum- occipital hole

Foramen Ovale-4th hole

Foramen Rotundum- 3rd hole

Jugular Foramen- holes in the easter eggs

Lacrimal Canal- hole in the lacrimal eye for tears

Optic Foramen-1st hole (in the front))

Orbital Fissure- 2nd hole

Angular Process- angle on the mandible

Bregma- cross of suture lines from the frontal bone to the parietal bone

Basioccipital- base of occipital bone goes across the racetrack

Basisphenoid-base of the sphenoid bone 2nd line across the racetrack

Condyloid Process- connecting the mandible (goes horizontally) 

Coronoid Process- looks like a shark fin

Hamular Process- sharp piece on either side of the racetrack

Interparietal Process- back of the skull looks like a helmet 

Mandibular Fossa- halfpipe groove where the mandible connects

Mastoid process- ledge by the mandible 

Occipital Condyle- ridge on foramen magnum where the vertebrates attach

Postorbital Process- horn looking bones

Presphenoid- front part of the sphenoid bone

Sagittal Crest- ridge dividing skull from left to right 

Shaft of the Mandible- long part that holds all the teeth

Tympanic Bulla- on the easter eggs

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