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8 Cards in this Set
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Frontal Bone
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Simplest to remember as it's in the front of the skull. AKA: "Forehead Bone
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Parietal Bones
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Two bones which join on top of head and extend pay way down the sides, forming "roof" and "walls" around brain.
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Temporal Bones
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Two bones, one on either side of head, extend from the occipital bones forward on the lowers part of the skull. Roughly the region of the temples.
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Occipital Bone
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Lower back of skull
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Sephenoid Bone
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Visible only as a small wedge in front of the temporal bones, but is actually a large bone that extend though the skull.
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Malar / Zygomatic Bones
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Two bones directly below the eyes on both sides of the face.
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Maxilla and Mandible
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Upper jawbone = Maxilla
Lower jawbone = Mandible |
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Superior & Inferior Maxilla
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The Superior Maxilla is called the Maxilla and the Inferior Maxilla is called the Mandible.
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