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Skull
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contains 22 bones
rests on the superior end of vertabrae Consists of cranial and facial bones |
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Cranial bones
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form the cranial cavity, which encloses and protects the brain.
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Facial bones
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forms the face
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Frontal bone
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forms the forehead
the roofs of the orbits most of anterior floor of the cranium Metopic suture |
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Frontal squama
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a scalelike plate of bone that forms the forehead. Gradually slopes inferiorly from the coronal sutureon top of the skull, then angles abruptly and becomes almost vertical.
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Supraorbital foramen
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slightly medial to supraorbital margin's midpoint is a hole where the nerve and artery pass is called ___.
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Supraorbital notch
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An incomplete Supraorbital foramen
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Squama
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the vertical portion of the frontal bone that forms the forehead
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Frontal sinuses
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lie deep to the frontal squama
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Glabella
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The most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline of the supraorbital ridges.
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Superciliary arch
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A smooth elevation extending laterally from the glabella on either side, above the orbital margin of the frontal bone.
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Frontal Eminence
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the prominence of the human frontal bone above each superciliary ridge
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