| A | B |
|---|
| Coronal suture | jJoins frontal & parietal |
| Sagittal suture | Joins parietal bones at top of skull |
| Squamous suture | Joins parietal & temporal bones |
| Lambdoidal suture | Joins occipital & parietal bones |
| Temporozygomatic suture | Joins temporal & zygomatic bones |
| Median palatine suture | Joins palatine bones to each other & joins palatal processes of maxillae to each other |
| Transverse palatine suture | Join palatal processes of maxillae to palatine bones |
| Bregma | Intersection between coronal & sagittal sutures |
| Lambda | Intersection between sagittal & lambdoidal sutures |
| Pterion | Frontal, parietal, temporal , & greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet here |
| Glabella | fFattened area between eyebrows |
| Frontal eminence | Prominence of forehead |
| Supraorbital ridge | Ridge superior to orbit |
| Supraorbital foramen | Opening superior to orbit |
| Zygomatic process of frontal bone | Lateral portion that touches zygomatic bone |
| Cribriform plate of ethmoid | Anterior horizontal plate perforated for olfactory nerves |
| Crista galli | Anterior projection - attachment for meninges |
| Ethmoid sinuses | Air spaces within ethmoid bone |
| Orbital plate of ethmoid | Forms medial wall of orbit |
| Perpendicular plate of ethmoid | Forms part of nasal septum |
| Superior nasal conchae | Superior scroll-shaped processes of ethmoid bone within nasal cavity |
| Middle nasal conchae | Middle scroll-shaped processes of thmoid bone within nasal cavity |
| Pterygoid Process of sphenoid | Process inferior to greater wings & consists of lateral & medial pterygoid plates |
| Lateral pterygoid plate | Attachment area for lateral pterygoid muscle |
| Medial pterygoid plate | Attachment area for medial pterygoid muscle |
| Pterygoid hamulus | Attachment for tensor veli palatini muscle |
| Body of sphenoid bone | Middle of the bone - touches ethmoid bone anteriorly & occipital bone posteriorly |
| Sphenoid sinuses | Air spaces within middle of sphenoid bone |
| Greater wings of sphenoid | Posterior, lateral & inferior portion |
| Lesser wings of sphenoid | Anterior superior portion |
| Parietal bones | Form superior lateral skull walls |
| Three parts of temporal bone | Squamous, petrous, & tympanic |
| Articular fossa | Part of TMJ |
| Articular emminence | Bulge of bone anterior to articular fossa |
| Postglenoid process | Small bulge of bone posterior to articular fossa |
| Zygomatic process of temporal bone | Forms part of zygomatic arch |
| Mastoid process | Rough air filled rounded projection posterior to EAM |
| Mastoid notch | Depression medial to mastoid process |
| Styloid process | Long, finger-like projection medial to mastoid notch |
| Stylomastoid foramen | Exit foramen for Cranial Nerve VII |
| Jugular notch | Depression that along with occipital bone forms jugular foramen |
| IAM | Internal acoustic meatus, inside petrous protion of temporal bone, Cranial nerves VII & VIII travel within |
| EAM | External acoustic meatus, short canal to tympanic cavity |
| Vomer | Forms posterior, inferior nasal septum |
| Zygomatic bones | Cheek bones |
| Nasal bones | Form bridge of nose |
| Lacrimal bones | Form anterior medial walls of orbits |
| Inferior nasal conchae | Inferior scroll-shaped bones on lateral nasal walls |
| Palatine bones | Horizontal plates form posterior hard palate & vertical plates form posterior lateral walls of nasal cavity |
| Greater palatine foramen | Foramen in palatine bone located near max 3rd molar palatal root apex through which greater palatine nerves & vessels pass |
| Lesser palatine foramen | Foramen in palatine bone located posterior to greater palatine foramen through which greater lesser palatine nerves & vessels pass |
| Maxillae | Form midface & most of hard palate |
| Frontal process of maxilla | Touches frontal bone |
| Zygomatic process of maxilla | Touches zygomatic bone |
| Palatine processs of maxillae | Form anterior hard palate |
| Alveolar process | Surrounds & supports teeth (found on both mandible & maxillae) |
| Canine emminence | Ridge of bone over roots of max canines |
| Canine fossa | Depression posterior & superior to max canine |
| Infraorbital canal | Canal that travels in or through floor of the orbit |
| Infraorbital foramen | Opening on faclal surface of maxilla inferior to orbit |
| Maxillary sinus | Air spaces within maxilla |
| Maxillary tuberosity | Prominent bulge/curvature of bone posterior & superior to last max molars |
| Medial palatine suture | Junction of palatal processes of maxillae |
| Incisive foramen | Midline opening palatal to max centrals under incisive papilla - nerves & vessels pass through |
| Posterior superior alveolar foramina | small external openings on superior-posterior maxillary tuberosity - openings for nerves & vessels |
| Anterior nasal spine | Anterior projection at midline meeting of maxillae - inferior to nasal cavity |
| Anterior palatine foramina | 2 small openings on anterior floor of nasal cavity |
| Hyoid bone | Suspended in neck - does not articulate with any other bone |
| Mandible | 1 body & 2 rami |
| Condyle | Posterior, superior projection of ramus of mandible- part of TMJ |
| Coronoid process | Anterior, superior projection of ramus of mandible- shark fin |
| Mandibular notch | Depression between condyle & coronoid process |
| Coronoid notch | Notch or concavity on anterior border of ramus of mandible |
| Neck of condyle | Narrow area inferior to head of condyle of mandible |
| Mandibular foramen | Opening on internal surface of ramus - nerves & vessels pass through |
| Lingula | Small bony projection superior to mand foramen |
| Mandibular canal | Tunnel-like passage from mandibular foramen to mand teeth - nerves & vessels pass through |
| Angle of mandible | Posterior border of ramus meets inferior border of body |
| Symphysis of mandible | Midline of external body |
| Mental foramen | Opening on external body near apices mand 2nd premolars - nerves & vessels pass through |
| External oblique ridge | Ridge extending from coronoid notch onto external surface of body of mandible |
| Internal oblique ridge | Ridge extending from coronoid notch onto internal surface of body of mandible |
| Mylohyoid ridge | Ridge on inner surface of body of mandible - attachment for muscles |
| Mylohyoid groove | Groove on internal body of mandible inferior to mylohyoid ridge |
| Sublingual fossa | Depression superior to mylohoid ridge - sublingual saliva gland rests in this |
| Submandibular fossa | Depression inferior to mylohoid ridge - submandibular saliva gland rests in this |
| Retromolar triangle | Triangular area of bone posterior to last mand molar |
| Genial tubercles | Mental spines - projections of bone anterior midline inner surface of mandible - muscle attachment |
| Lingual foramen | Tiny foramen inner anterior midline of mandible |
| Digastric fossae | Depressions on anterior inferior internel border near midline |
