Skull (Inferior Veiw) (Underneath)

Front 1

What bone is located on the top outer sides and makes up the cheeks?

Back 1

Zygomatic bone

Front 2

What bone is located in the middle of the skull and resembles a moth?

Back 2

Sphenoid bone

Front 3

What bone is located along the outside edges underneath the zygomatic bone?

Back 3

Temporal bone

Front 4

What triangular looking bone is located between the occipital and temporal bones in the back?

Back 4

Parietal bone

Front 5

What bone is located in the back of the skull toward the middle?

Back 5

Occipital bone

Front 6

What bone is in the back of the roof of the mouth?

Back 6

Palatine bone

Front 7

What suture separates the occipital and parietal bones?

Back 7

Lambdoid suture

Front 8

What suture separates the maxilla down the middle?

Back 8

Intermaxillary suture

Front 9

What bone is located in the center of the sphenoid bone?

Back 9

The Vomer

Front 10

What is the hole at the bottom of the temporal bone?

Back 10

Mastoid foramen

Front 11

What is the large opening in the occipital bone?

Back 11

Foramen magnum

Front 12

What is the hole in the middle of the temporal bone?

Back 12

Stylomastoid foramen

Front 13

What foramen is the little gap between the occipital bones and the temporal and occipital bones?

Back 13

Jugular foramen

Front 14

What is the peak shaped gap between the bottom of the sphenoid bone and the temporal bone?

Back 14

Foramen lacerum

Front 15

What is the smaller hole to the right side of the temporal bone?

Back 15

Foramen spinosum

Front 16

What is the larger hole in the bottom right of the sphenoid bone?

Back 16

Foramen ovale

Front 17

What is the foramen in the palatine bone called?

Back 17

Greater palatine foramen

Front 18

What is the process that looks like a spine going northeast in the temporal bone?

Back 18

Styloid process

Front 19

What is the process at the bottom middle of the temporal bone that is shaped like an upside down U?

Back 19

Mastoid process

Front 20

What is the process located on the maxilla in the roof of the mouth?

Back 20

Palatine process of the maxilla

Front 21

What is the darkened area between the incisors?

Back 21

Incisive fossa

Front 22

What is the large square of fossa in the temporal bone?

Back 22

Mandibular fossa

Front 23

What is the outer edge of the zygomatic bone and temporal bone called?

Back 23

Zygomatic arch

Front 24

What is the large hole to the outer left of the temporal bone?

Back 24

External acoustic meatus

Front 25

What is the blank area between the mastoid foramen and mastoid process called?

Back 25

Mastoid notch

Front 26

What is the tiny hole outside the foramen magnum in the occipital bone called?

Back 26

Condylar canal

Front 27

What canal is located just above the jugular foramen in the temporal bone?

Back 27

Carotid canal

Front 28

What is located in the peak behind the palatine bone?

Back 28

Posterior nasal aperture

Front 29

What condyle is bean shaped and located in the occipital bone?

Back 29

Occipital condyle

Front 30

What is the ridge located closer to the foramen magnum in the occipital bone?

Back 30

Inferior nuchal line

Front 31

What ridge is located further from the foramen magnum and is right next to the external occipital protuberence in the occipital bone?

Back 31

Superior nuchal line

Front 32

What is located in the center and back area of the occipital bone?

Back 32

External occipital protuberence

Front 33

What is located in front of the foramen magnum in the occipital bone?

Back 33

Basilar part of the occipital bone

Front 34

What plate is the top level of the sphenoid bone?

Back 34

Medial pterygoid plate

Front 35

What is the middle level of the sphenoid bone?

Back 35

Lateral pterygoid plate