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Skull
It is the skeleton of the head Divided into two types of bones Eight cranial bones for enclosing the brain Fourteen facial bones Cranium is skull without mandible Calvaria is the skull cap
Cranium
Unpaired: Frontal Occipital Sphenoid Ethmoid Paired: Parietal Temporal
Facial Bones
Paired: Zygomatic Maxillae Nasal Palatine Inferior turbinate Lacrimal Unpaired: Vomer Mandible
Views of Skull
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Anterior View Posterior view Superior view Inferior view Lateral view
Anterior View
Frontal bone Nasal bone Maxillae Zygomatic Mandible
Posterior View
Parietal bones Occipital bone Temporal bone
Superior View
Frontal bone Parietal bone Occipital bone
Inferior View
Inferior View
Lateral View
Frontal bone Parietal bone Occipital bone Temporal bone Spheniod bone
Lambda: intersection of the lambdoid and sagittal sutures Bregma: intersection of the sagittal and coronal sutures Pterion: junction of frontal, parietal, temporal bones and greater wing of sphenoid bone
Asterion: junction of the parietal, occipital and temporal bones Nasion: a point on the middle of the nasofrontal suture (intersection of the frontal and two nasal bones Inion: most prominent point on the external occipital protuberance
Cranial Cavity