Skull bones quiz

frontal bone

parietal bone

occipital bone

temporal bone

ethmoid bone

sphenoid bone

lacrimal bone

vomer bone

nasal bone

maxilla bone

mandible bone

mastoid process

styloid process

occipital condyles of occipital bone

coronal suture

sagittal suture

lambdoid suture

squamous suture

zygomatic bone

foramen magnum

External acoustic (auditory) meatus

maxillary sinus

frontal sinus

sphenoid sinus

ethmoid sinus

cleft palate

the failure of the palate to close during the early development of the fetus

cheekbone

zygomatic bone

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

sphenoid bone

site of mastoid process

temporal bone

posterior part of hard palate

palatines

much of the lateral and superior cranium

parietal bones

most posterior part of cranium

occipital bone

anterior part of hard palate

maxilla bone

foramen magnum contained here

occipital bone

middle ear found here

temporal bone

tiny bones bearing tear ducts

lacrimal bones

lower jaw bone

mandible

nasal septum bone

vomer

site of cribriform plate and cristi galli

ethmoid bone

forehead bone

frontal bone

three reasons for sinuses

lighten skull, resonate voice, moisten and warm the air that is being inhaled

hyoid bone

U-shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue and its muscles.