Bones of the Skull
Frontal Forehead Superior eye orbits Frontal sinus Inferior connection Zygomatic process Temporal bone
Parietal Paired bones Anterior – Frontal Middle – Sagittal Suture Coronal Suture Middle – Sagittal Suture Inferior – Temporal Posterior – Occipital Lambdoid Suture
Temporal Paired bones Articulates with: Processes: Zygomatic process Parietal bones Mandible Processes: Mastoid Styloid
Occipital Foramen Magnum Occipital Condyles
Sphenoid Greater Wing - Foramen Rotundum Lesser Wing – optic foramen Cranial Nerve V Lesser Wing – optic foramen CN II foramen passage Sphenoid sinus
Ethmoid Mid-Sagittal Cribriform Plates Cranial Nerve I
Lacrimal Smallest facial bone Medial wall of the eye orbit
Nasal Bridge of the nose Articulates with: Mandible
Zygomatic Cheek bones Processes: Frontal Marginal Temporal Maxillary
Maxillae Upper Jaw – Alveolar Process Inferior Eye Orbit Upper teeth Inferior Eye Orbit Maxillary Sinus Zygomatic Process Palatine Portion Anterior portion of the hard palate
Palatine Posterior ½ of the hard palate
Mandible Lower Jaw Alveolar process – teeth Articulates with: Temporal (TMJ) Maxillae
Vomer Forms part of the nasal septum Articulates with: Maxillae Palatines Ethmoid Sphenoid
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