Anatomy Skull Bones

Front 1

right in front (forehead bone)

Back 1

frontal

Front 2

two bones behind the frontal bone-- on top of the head.. bones on both sides

Back 2

parietal

Front 3

back of the skull- behind the parietal

Back 3

occipital

Front 4

where the temples are-- right above the jaw

Back 4

temporal

Front 5

inside bone in eyes that effects tear ducts-- little hole inside eye socket

Back 5

lacrimal

Front 6

cheek bone that sort of makes a z (starts from eye and back towards jaw)

Back 6

zygomatic

Front 7

in the eye socket on the inside right behind the lacrimal bone

Back 7

ethmoid

Front 8

below the cheekbone, looks like a bat (the wing) from the inside of the skull

Back 8

sphenoid

Front 9

top of nose before the cartilage starts

Back 9

nasal

Front 10

upper jaw, above the teeth

Back 10

maxilla

Front 11

lower jaw

Back 11

mandible

Front 12

bone all the way through down the center of the nose, tissue-like bone

Back 12

vomer

Front 13

soft pallet on the roof of mouth that is smooth

Back 13

palatine

Front 14

little U-shaped bone that doesn't attach to any other bone

Back 14

hyloid

Front 15

lower bigger nose bone

Back 15

inferior nasal conchae

Front 16

upper little nose bone (narrower and longer than inferior)

Back 16

superior nasal conchae

Front 17

lump at the end of the chin (thinking man holds his chin)

Back 17

mental protuberance

Front 18

lump between eyes on top of the nasal cavity

Back 18

glabella

Front 19

bone at the end of the vomer-- sticks out

Back 19

anterior nasal spine

Front 20

pointy skinny thing coming out of the back of the skull (teeth inside the skull)

Back 20

styloid process

Front 21

wider not as pointy as styloid but basically the same height, and coming out of the skull

Back 21

mastoid process

Front 22

bump at the end of the skull

Back 22

external occipital protuberance

Front 23

where the right and left halves of the skull are fused together

Back 23

sagittal suture

Front 24

where the frontal and parietal bones are fused together

Back 24

coronal suture

Front 25

where the occipital and parietal bones are fused

Back 25

lambdoidal suture

Front 26

crack going down in the eye socket

Back 26

inferior orbital fissure

Front 27

crack going up the eye socket

Back 27

superior orbital fissure

Front 28

holes on either side of the mental protuberance

Back 28

mental foramen

Front 29

small hole at the top of the eye near the glabella

Back 29

supraorbital foramen

Front 30

small hole below the eye on each side of the nose (cheek)

Back 30

infraorbital foramen

Front 31

the small hole in the eye socket beside the superior orbital fissure

Back 31

optic canal

Front 32

eye socket

Back 32

orbit

Front 33

opening wear the nose was

Back 33

nasal cavity

Front 34

opening to the ear canal by the mastoid

Back 34

external auditory meatus

Front 35

holes on the bats hands on both sides

Back 35

internal auditory meatus

Front 36

holes on the inside and top part of the mandible

Back 36

mandibular foramen

Front 37

opening behind the frontal bone

Back 37

frontal sinus

Front 38

holes between the wing and leg

Back 38

jugular foramen

Front 39

big hole in the middle

Back 39

foramen magnum

Front 40

main part of the jaw (curved part.. where teeth come out of)

Back 40

body of mandible

Front 41

angle of the jaw where it goes up

Back 41

angle

Front 42

arch/bridge from the zygomatic cheek bone over to the temporal bone

Back 42

zygomatic arch

Front 43

part of the jaw that is straight up

Back 43

ramus

Front 44

where the temporal and mandible joint come together

Back 44

temporomandibular joint

Front 45

where the skull rests on the spinal cord

Back 45

occipital condyle

Front 46

in front of the palatine bone.. hard part

Back 46

palate