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The functions of the bones | Shape, support, protect internal organs, attachment for the muscles, produce white and red blood cells, store minerals |
Skull | The skeleton of the dead, which is divided into two parts |
Cranium | The bony case protecting the brain |
Facial skeleton | Structure of the face has 14 bones |
Occipital bone | Forms the lower back of the cranium |
Two parietal bones | Form the sides and crown of the cranium |
Frontal bone | Forehead |
Two temporal bones | Form the sides of the head and ear area |
Ethmoid bone | Light, spongy bone between the eye sockets that forms part of the nasal cavities |
Sphenoid bone | The bone that joins all bones of the cranium |
Parietal ridge | The widest are of the head shape. Locate it by placing a comb vertically on the head shape in the temporal |
Apex | Highest point on the top of the head shape |
Nape | The small area below the occipital bone |
Mastoid process | The protrusion directly behind the ear, an extension of the temporal bone |
crown | The area at the upper back of the skull, which begins at the point where the top of the head shape curves downward to the back of the head shape and ends at the point directly above the occipital bone |