For test on chapter 9, 10, 11 / Lab practical #2
Frontal Bone
Forehead bone / part of axial skeleton
Zygomatic Bone
Cheek bone / part of axial skeleton
Mandible Bone
Lower jaw bone / part of axial skeleton
Nasals
Bridge of nose / part of axial skeleton
Palatines
Posterior part of hard plate / part of axial skeleton / *where is this located?
Parietals
Much of the lateral and superior cranium
Part of axial skeleton
Occipiatal
Most posterior part of cranium, condyles articulate with the atlas, foramen magnum contained here,
Sphenoid
Single, irregular, bat shaped bone, forming part of the canial floor / part of axial skeleton
Lacrimals
Tiny bones, bearing tear ducts / axial skeleton
Maxillae
Anterior part of hard plate, contain alveoli bearing teeth, axial skeleton
Ethmoid
Superior and middle nasal conchae formed from its projections, bears an upward protrusion the "cock's comb" or crista galli, axial skeleton
Mandible
Site of mental foremen, contains alveoli bearing teeth, axial skeleton
Temporals
Site of styloid process, middle ear found here, axial skeleton
Hyoid Bone
small U-shaped bone in neck, where many tongue muscles attach, axial skeleton
Vomer
Nasal septum, axial skeleton
Define suture
All but one of the bones of the skull are joined by interlocking joints