(1) axial skeleton - skull/cranium

frontal bone

• supraorbital foramen

parietal bone

occipital bone

• foramen magnum, spinal cord passes through this

• external occipital protuberance

• occipital condyles, what cervical vertebrae attaches here

temporal bone

• zygomatic process, what other bone makes up the check in the face

• external auditory meatus/acoustic meatus

• mastoid process

• styloid process

• mandibular fossa, what bone articulates with this feature

sphenoid bone

• optic canal

• greater wings

• lesser wings

• sella turcica, what important endocrine gland is located here & why is the sphenoid also known as the keystone of the skull

ethmoid bone

• perpendicular plate

• crista galli

• cribriform plate

• olfactory foramina, what passes through the tiny holes

• superior nasal conchae

• middle nasal conchae

• inferior nasal conchae, which cranial bones contain the paranasal sinuses & why are sinuses important

mandible

• body

• ramus

• mandibular condyle

• coronoid process

• alveolar margin

• mental foramen

• how is the mandible different than all the other bones that make up the skull

maxilla

• alveolar margin

zygomatic bone

nasal bone

vomer

palatine bone

• which other bones join with the palatine to make the hard palate

lacrimal bone

• which bones make up the orbitals

inner ear bones

• malleus

• incus

• stapes

• what is the scientific name for the tiny ear bones

hyoid bone

• why is it unique