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Skull Bones (Cranial and Facial)
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11th Grade
12/06/2011

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FRONTAL BONE[image]
Definition
Forms the forehead, roofs of orbits and anterior part of cranial floor. The forehead is in the FRONT of your head!
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Parietal Bones 
Definition
The sides of the head, has depressions for blood vessels. 
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Temporal Bones
Definition
Houses internal ear components and is the flat part of the TEMPLE.
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Occipital Bone
Definition

Base of the cranial cavity and communicates with the vertebral canal. It is also shaped like a saucer.

 

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Maxillae[image]

Definition
Form the upper jawbone and most of the hard palate. This separates the nasal cavity from the oral cavity. 
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Zygomatic Bones[image]
Definition
Commonly called cheek bones, it articulates with the maxillae, frontal bones, sphenoid bone, and the temporal bone. 
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Vomer[image]
Definition
The inferior portion of the nasal septum.
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Mandible[image]
Definition
The lower jaw bone. It's the largest and strongest facial bone, think MAN like big and strong. This is the only moveable jaw bone. 
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Nasal Septum
Definition
Divides the Nasal Cavity into the right and the left. When you break your nose, this is broken.
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Foramina 
Definition
These are the openings that blood vessels, nerves and ligaments of the skull passes through. 
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