The Axial Skeleton

Ethmoid

Bears an upward protrusion, the "cock's comb" or crista galli

Ethmoid

Site of cribriform plate

Ethmoid

Superior and middle nasal conchae formed from its projections

Frontal

Forehead bone

Hyoid

Small U-shaped bone in neck, where many tongue muscles attach

Lacrimal

Tiny bones bearing tear ducts

Mandible

Site of mental foramen

Mandible

Lower jaw

Maxilla

Anterior part of hard palate

Nasal

Bridge of nose

Occipital

Foramen magnum contained here

Occipital

Condyles here articulate with the atlas

Occipital

Most posterior part of cranium

Palatine

Posterior bones of the hard palate

Parietal

Much of the lateral and superior cranium

Sphenoid

Site of sella turcica

Sphenoid

Single, irregular, bat-shaped bone forming part of the cranial floor

Temporal

Middle ear found here

Temporal

Site of mastoid process

Temporal

Site of styloid process

Vomer

Nasal septum

Zygomatic

Cheekbone