HUMAN SKELETON

Annotations:

• -brain box formed by 8 other bones

1. FRONTAL BONE(1)

   Annotations:

   • -forehead -frontal part of the cranial floor -roof of orbits
2. PARIETAL BONES(2-1P)

   Annotations:

   • -sides and roof of cranial cavity -frontal-parietal=coronal suture -occipital-parietal=lambdoid suture
3. TEMPORAL BONES(2-1P)

   Annotations:

   • -sensitive natured -lateral parts of cranial floor
4. OCCIPITAL BONE(1)

   Annotations:

   • -posterior part or base of cranium -large opening0foramen magnum -medulla passes through it and connects the spinal cord -2 condyles-dicondylic skull
5. SPHENOID BONE(1)

   Annotations:

   • -middle part of base of a skull -key stone bone -articulates with other cranial bones
6. ETHMOID BONE(1)

   Annotations:

   • -middle anterior part of skull

Annotations:

• -has 14 other bones

1. NASAL BONES(2)

   Annotations:

   • -paired bone -form bridge of nose
2. MAXILLAE(2)

   Annotations:

   • -maxilla+maxilla=upper jaw -bear sockets(alveoli) for lodging teeth
3. ZYGOMATIC BONES(2)

   Annotations:

   • -cheek bones
4. LACRIMAL BONES(2)

   Annotations:

   • -smallest bones of face
5. PALATINE BONES(2)

   Annotations:

   • -posterior portion of hard palate
6. NASAL CONCHAE(2)
7. VOMER(1)
8. MANDIBLE(1)