Skull bones and features I

Skull (cephalic region) = 22 bones • Cranial = 8– Frontal (1)– Occipital (1)– Ethmoid (1)– Sphenoid (1)– Parietal (2)– Temporal (2)

• Facial = 14– Vomer (1)– Mandible (1)– Maxillae (2)– Zygomatic (2)– Nasal (2)– Nasal Concha(2)– Lacrimal (2)– Palatine (2)

Skull features 1• Sutures– Sagittal– Coronal (frontal)– Lambdoidal– Squamosal

• “Orbit”

Sagittal suture

Coronal Suture

Lambdoidal Suture

Squamosal Suture

Orbit

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