Download BONES OF THE SKULL - KU Medical Center

BONES OF THE SKULL
Bones of the Skull
Learn bone markings as described in your
syllabus and in this presentation.
 Learn foramina and structures that pass
through them.
 Learn articulation patterns between bones
of the skull.

Anterior Skull
FRONTAL BONE:
• Paired in fetus.
• Fused in adult:
Metopic suture.
• Supraorbital foramina
(notches).
Anterior Skull
MAXILLARY BONES:
• Alveolar process.
• Infraorbital foramina.
ZYGOMATIC BONES
NASAL BONES
Anterior Skull
SPHENOID:
• Greater wing
SPHENOID:
• Lesser wing
ETHMOID
LACRIMAL
VOMER
Lateral Skull
PARIETAL BONES:
• Superior and inferior
temporal lines.
OCCIPITAL BONE
Lateral Skull
TEMPORAL BONES:
• Squamous part.
• Petromastoid part.
• Tympanic part:
External Auditory
meatus.
• Mastoid process.
• Styloid process.
Landmarks
Nasion
Pterion
Inion
Asterion
Glabella
Sutures and Fontanelles
Sutures:
Sagittal.
Lambdoidal.
Coronal.
Metopic.
Fontanelles:
Anterior.
Posterior.
Posterolateral.
Anterolateral.