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lacrimal groove

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Groove right in front of (lacrimal bone) inner portion of eye socket on nose

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sagittal suture

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suture from front to back of skill on parietal bone

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coronal suture

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separates frontal from parietal

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lambdoid suture

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separates occipital from parietal

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squamous suture

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separates temporal from parietal

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zygometric arch

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arch whre mandible connects to temporal

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inferior orbital fissure

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bottom of orbital cavity

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incisive foramer

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foramen under front teeth

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squamous frontal bone

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upper front of bone

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frontal glabella

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directly above both eyes (unibrow looking)

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suprorbital margin or notch

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notch is an indent on the very top portion of the orbital cavity, a foramen is a little indent right abve the orbital cavity

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squamous temporal bone

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top of the temporal bone

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zygomatic process of temporal bone

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the ridge above the mandible andon the bottom of the temporal.

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mandibular fossa of temporal bone

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little hole/indent right below the zygomatic process directly where mandible attaches

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external acoustic meatus on the temporal bone

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a hole next to the mandibular fossa

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styloid process on the temporal bone

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the process/protrusion coming out of the termporal

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stylomastoid foramen of the temporal bone

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foramen in between styloid and mastoid process on bottom of temporal

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mastoid process of the temporal bone

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process right under externam meatus

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carotid canal of the temporal bone

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canal close to styloid process going into the skull

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internal acoustic meatus of the temporal bone

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acoustic meatus on inner part of skull

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occipital foramen magnum

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large hole in occipital bone

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occipital condyle

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2 condyles right above foramen magnum

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hypoglossal canal in occipital

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canal on either side of occipital foramen magnum in the occipital condyle

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external occipital protuberance

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little bump on occipital bone

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nuchal lines on occipital bones
lines on either side of external occipital protuberance
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ethmoid perpendicular plate
similar to the nasal septum, a long thing protusion on ethmoid
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crista gali on ethmoid
little process on opposite side of perpendicular plate
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cribriform plate on ethmoid
area that looks cribriform right behind crista galli
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cribriform foramina
small foramen in cribriform plate
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ethmoidal sinus
where ethmoid connects to sinus
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ethmoid orbital plate
where ethmoid meets the eyes
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middle nasal concha ethnoid
grooves on either side of bottom of ethnoid
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sphenoid body
medium portion
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sphenoid sinus
right behind ethnoid sinus
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sella turcica
indent in middle top of sphenoid bone
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greater wing sphenoid
large wing on either side of sphenoid
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lesser wing sphenoid
smaller wing above greater wing
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pterygold process
lower processes on bottom of either side of sphenoid
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optic canal
where the sphenoid connect to the eye, small ident closer to nose
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superior orbital canal
where sphenoid meets behind the eye, a longer almost vertical canal
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foramen ovale
larger oval shaped hole on either side of bottom of foramen
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foramen spinosum
smaller hole next to ovale
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foramen rotundum
medium sized hole next to ovale. smaller than ovale, biger than spinosum
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ethmoid perpendicular plate
flattened lamina at midline, forms part of nasal septum and articulates inferiorly with the vomer
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ethmoid crista galli
little thing on top of ethmoid, separates olfactory bulbs
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ethmoid orbital plate
where ethmoid meets the eye
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middle nasal concha
wings coming off of ethnoid on either side of bottom of perpendicular plate
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maxilla frontal process
upper part of maxiilla on sinus and eye
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maxilla alveolar process
where maxilla branches out to the teeth
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maxilla pallatine process
inner of maxilla.
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maxilla infraorbital foramen
little indent right below eye socket, not inside
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maxillary sinus
right and left side of sinus
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zygomatic temporal process
furthest part of zygomatic bone that connects to temporal
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mandible body
mid left and right sides of mandible
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mandible ramus
the angular part of mandible when it branches off from the body
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mandible angle
the angle between the ramus and body
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condylar process of mandible
end of mandible that connects to the anterior of temporal bone. consists of process and head of mandible
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mandible head
the end of the condylar process
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coronoid process of mandible
the process closer to the front of the school than the condylar process
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mandibular notch
in between condyler process and coronoid process
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mental foramen
little formamen near front of mandible
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mandibular foramen
foramen under mandibular notch
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alveolar process of mandible
teeth sockets
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hyoid
bone directly under jaw
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lacrimal groove
little groove directily on bottom of lacrimal bone
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frontal
front top of head
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paritel
top of head
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temporal
next to temples
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occipital
back bottom of head
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sphenoid
wing shaped bone in skull
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ethmoid
bone closer to frontal surface than sphenoid
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zygomatic bone
front of temporal close to eyes, shaped liek a wave
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lacrimal bone
in eye, closest to maxilary sinus
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vomer
bone in bottom of nasal cavity, long with sharp ends
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nasal bones
top of noese
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inferior nasal concha
bone on either side of vomer, like a sharp diamond
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palatine
bone on back roof of mouth (palate)
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maxilla
big bone on top of roof of mouth
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mandible
jaw
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cranial cavity

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