Introduction to skull bone and some of the skull features for anatomy and physiology students

1. Skull bones and features I

2. Skull (cephalic region) = 22 bones
• Cranial = 8
– Frontal (1)
– Occipital (1)
– Ethmoid (1)
– Sphenoid (1)
– Parietal (2)
– Temporal (2)
• Facial = 14
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Vomer (1)
Mandible (1)
Maxillae (2)
Zygomatic (2)
Nasal (2)
Nasal Concha(2)
Lacrimal (2)
Palatine (2)

5. Skull features 1
• Sutures
– Sagittal
– Coronal (frontal)
– Lambdoidal
– Squamosal
• “Orbit”

6. Sagittal suture

7. Coronal Suture

8. Lambdoidal Suture

9. Squamosal Suture

10. Orbit

11. Practice