SKULL WISH LIST
OUTLINE
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Know all bones and bony features of skull
Know and be able to identify all four suture of the skull (p 46)
Know and be able to identify the fontanels of the skull (p 46)
Be able to identify and explain the paranasal sinuses of the skull (p 46)
KEY TERMS
(note the terms that are crossed out you do not need to know. Use this lab guide for the diagrams
to help you find the items listed on your bones & features handout).
Skull
Figure 1 (Continued) Skull.
Figure 1 Skull.
1. Sagittal suture
2. Coronal suture
3. Frontal squama
4. Superciliary arch
5. Supraorbital foramen
6. Supraorbital margin
7. Optic foramen (of the sphenoid bone)
8. Superior orbital fissure
9. Temporal bone
10. Nasal bone
11. Inferior orbital fissure
12. Middle nasal concha (of the ethmoid bone)
13. Zygomatic bone
14. Maxillae
Figure 1 (Continued) Skull.
1. Frontal bone
2. Sphenoid bone
3. Ethmoid bone
4. Lacrimal bone
5. Lacrimal fossa
6. Nasal bone
7. Temporal process (of the zygomatic bone)
8. Infraorbital foramen
9. Zygomatic bone
10. Maxillae
11. Zygomatic process (of the temporal bone)
12. Mandible
13. Foramen magnum (of the occipital bone)
14. Styloid process (of the temporal bone)
15. Mandible
16. Mental foramen (of the mandible)
17. Vomer
18. Inferior nasal concha
19. Perpendicular plate
20. Infraorbital foramen
21. Lacrimal bone
22. Ethmoid bone
23. Sphenoid bone
24. Squamous suture
25. Glabella
26. Parietal bone
27. Frontal bone
28. Frontal eminence
15. Mastoid process (of the temporal bone)
16. External auditory meatus (of the temporal
bone)
17. External occipital protuberance (of the
occipital bone)
18. Occipital bone
19. Mastoid portion
20. Lambdoid suture
21. Temporal bone
22. Temporal squama
23. Squamous suture
24. Parietal bone
25. Coronal suture
Figure 1 (Continued) Skull. (c) Median view
1. Frontal bone
2. Coronal suture
3. Sella turcica (of the sphenoid bone)
4. Frontal sinus
5. Cribriform plate (of the ethmoid bone)
6. Crista galli (of the ethmoid bone)
7. Perpendicular plate (of the ethmoid
bone)
8. Nasal bone
9. Sphenoid bone
10. Sphenoidal sinus
11. Inferior nasal concha
12. Vomer
13. Palatine process (of the maxillae bone)
14. Palatine bone
15. Mandible
16. Pterygoid process
Figure 1 (Continued) Skull. (d) Inferior view
1. Horizontal plate
2. Greater palatine foramen
3. Lesser palatine foramina
4. Middle nasal concha
5. Pterygoid process
6. Foramen lacerum
7. Stylioid process (of the temporal bone)
8. External auditory meatus (of the
temporal bone)
9. Stylomastoid foramen
10. Mastoid process (of the temporal
bone)
11. Foramen magnum (of the occipital
bone)
12. Parietal bone
13. Lambdoid suture
14. External occipital protuberance (of
the occipital bone)
17. Styloid process (of the temporal bone)
18. Occipital condyle (of the occipital
bone)
19. Hypoglossal canal
20. External occipital protuberance (of the
occipital bone)
21. Occipital bone
22. Internal auditory meatus
23. Temporal bone
24. Lambdoid suture
25. Squamous suture
26. Parietal bone
27. Superior nasal concha (of the ethmoid
bone)
28. Middle nasal concha (of the ethmoid
bone)
15. Occipital bone
16. Temporal bone
17. Condylar canal
18. Occipital condyle (of the occipital
bone)
19. Jugular foramen
20. Carotid foramen
21. Mandibular fossa
22. Foramen spinosum
23. Foramen ovale
24. Sphenoid bone
25. Vomer
26. Zygomatic arch
27. Zygomatic bone
28. Incisive foramen
29. Palatine process (of the maxillae)
Figure 1 (Continued) Skull. (e) Superior view of floor of cranium.
1. Frontal bone
5. Cribriform plate (of the ethmoid
2. Ethmoid bone
bone)
3. Crista galli (of the ethmoid bone)
6. Sphenoid bone
4. Olfactory foramina
7. Lesser wing
8. Optic foramen (of the sphenoid
bone)
9. Sella turcica (of the sphenoid
bone)
10. Greater wing
11. Foramen lacerum
12. Squamous suture
13. Temporal bone
14. Petrous portion
15. Jugular foramen
16. Parietal bone
Figure 2 Right orbit.
1. Supraorbital foramen
2. Nasal bone
3. Lacrimal bone
4. Ethmoid bone
5. Lacrimal foramen (of the
lacrimal bone)
6. Maxillae
7. Infraorbital foramen
8. Zygomatic bone
17. Lambdoid suture
18. Occipital bone
19. Foramen magnum (of the
occipital bone)
20. Hypoglossal canal
21. Internal auditory meatus
22. Foramen spinosum
23. Foramen ovale
24. Foramen rotundum
25. Superior orbital fissure
26. Coronal suture
9. Inferior orbital fissure
10. Palatine bone
11. Superior orbital fissure
12. Optic foramen (of the sphenoid
bone)
13. Sphenoid bone
14. Supraorbital margin
15. Frontal bone
Figure 3 Mandible.
1. Alveolar process
2. Mental foramen (of the mandible)
3. Angle (of the mandible)
4. Body (of the mandible)
5. Ramus (of the mandible)
6. Mandibular notch
7. Condylar process (of the mandible)
8. Coronoid process
9. Mandibular foramen (of the mandible)
Figure 4 Fontanels. (a) Superior view.
1. Frontal bones
2. Anterior fontanel
3. Coronal suture
4. Sagittal suture
5. Parietal bones
Figure 4 Fontanels. (c) Posterior view.
1. Parietal bones
2. Posterior fontanel
3. Lambdoid suture
4. Occipital bone
5. Paranasal sinuses
Figure 4 Fontanels. (b) Right lateral
view.
1. Parietal bone
2. Anterior fontanel
3. Coronal suture
4. Frontal bone
5. Anterolateral fontanel
6. Sphenoid bone
7. Temporal bone
8. Squamous suture
9. Posterolateral fontanel
10. Occipital bone
11. Lambdoid suture