Bones of the Skull and Associated Features

 

                Bones:

 

    Frontal bone (unpaired)

    Parietal bone

    Sphenoid bone (unpaired)

    Temporal bone

    Occipital bone (unpaired)

    Ethmoid bone (unpaired)

    Vomer Bone (unpaired)

    Nasal Bone

    Lacrimal bone

    Maxillary bone

    Zygomatic bone

    Mandible (unpaired)

    Palatine bone

    Malleus

    Incus

    Stapes

 

                Features:

 

    sagittal suture

    coronal suture

    lambdoid suture

    squamous suture

    supraorbital foramen

    superior orbital fissure

    optic foramen

    infraorbital foramen

    mental foramen

    external auditory meatus

    internal auditory meatus

    mastoid process

    styloid process

    hypoglossal canal

    foramen magnum

    occipital condyle

    sella turcica

    cribriform plate

    crista galli

    foramen rotundum

    foramen ovale

    foramen spinosum

    jugular foramen

    foramen lacerum

    carotid foramen

 

Cervical Vertebrae

               

                     body

                     pedicle

                     transverse process

                     lamina

                     spinous process

                     vertebral foramen

                     transverse foramen

                     on an articulated vertebral column identify the intervertebral foramen and intervertebral discs

 

    First Cervical Vertebra: also denoted as C1, also known as the Atlas

    Second Cervical Vertebra: also denoted as C2, also known as the AXIS

            Dens/Odontoid Process