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18 Cards in this Set
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Cranium |
Top half of the skull without the lower jaw (mandible) |
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Frontal Bones |
The top front portion of brain case. Behind the Nasal bones and between the orbits. |
Behind Nasal bone |
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Lacrimal Bone |
Forms the front edge of the orbits between the Maxilla, orbits, and frontal bone. |
Between the Maxilla, orbits, and frontal bone. |
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Lacrimal Pit |
A depression in the lacrimal Bone. |
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Maxilla |
The bones forming the major portion of the upper jaw on each side. |
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Nasal Bones |
Form the upper surface and lie behind the Nasal opening, located behind the frontal Bones connecting to the Maxilla. |
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Occipital bone |
Large broad bone forming the back of the skull. |
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Orbit |
Eye socket |
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Parietal bone |
Forms the top half of the brain case, lies behind the frontal bone. |
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Parietal bone |
Forms the top half of the brain case, lies behind the frontal bone. |
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Temporal bone |
Sides of brain case. |
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Post orbital process |
A distinct projection of the the frontal bone, located on the upper edge of orbit. |
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Pre-maxilla |
The most anterior part of the skulls upper jaw (in front of maxilla) |
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Zygomatic arch |
(Cheekbone) curved bone going an arch along the side of the skull |
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Suture |
Visible joint or line where two bones meet. |
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Rostrum |
Muzzle of animals |
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Mandible |
Lower jaw |
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Fenestrated maxilla |
Found only in rabbits/hares and some rodents. |
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