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Sphenozygomatic suture (blue circle), seen from behind. Side view of the skull. (Sphenozygomatic suture visible at center, between sphenoid bone , which is colored yellow in the diagram, and the zygomatic bone , which is colored in white.).
the cranium (8 bones: frontal, 2-parietal, occipital, 2-temporal, sphenoid, ethmoid), and; the facial bones (14 bones: 2-zygomatic, 2-maxillary, 2-palatine, 2-nasal, 2-lacrimal, vomer, 2-inferior conchae, mandible). The occipital bone joins with the atlas near the foramen magnum, a large hole at the base of the skull. The atlas joins with the ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... The frontoethmoidal suture is the suture between the ethmoid bone and the frontal ... "Anatomy diagram ...
The pterion is the region where the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones join. [1] It is located on the side of the skull, just behind the temple.It is also considered to be the weakest part of the skull, which makes it clinically significant, as if there is a fracture around the pterion it could be accompanied by an epidural hematoma.
The calvaria is made up of the superior portions of the frontal bone, occipital bone, and parietal bones. [1] In the human skull, the sutures between the bones normally remain flexible during the first few years of postnatal development, and fontanelles are palpable. Premature complete ossification of these sutures is called craniosynostosis.
The base of skull, also known as the cranial base or the cranial floor, is the most inferior area of the skull. It is composed of the endocranium and the lower parts of the calvaria . Structure
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Skull bones (2 C, 23 P) C. ... Copper beaten skull; Coronal suture;
Sphenofrontal suture (shown in red). Side view of the skull. (Sphenofrontal suture visible at center, between sphenoid bone , which is colored yellow in the diagram, and the frontal bone , which is colored in gray, and is at the upper left.).