Bones of the Skull

Question 1

The human head contains 22 bones divided into two groups: The cranium and the facial bones. How do you define the cranium?

Answer 1

An oval, bony case that protects the brain, formed by 8 bones; and the face consists of 14 bones including the maxilla (upper jaw) and mandible (lower jaw). The skull has many small openings in its base that allow the cranial nerves to travel to their destination

Question 2

Occipital bone

Answer 2

hindmost bone of the skull; it forms the back of the skull above the nape.

Question 3

Parietal bones (2)

Answer 3

form the sides and crown (top) of the cranium

Question 4

Frontal bone

Answer 4

forms the forhead

Question 5

Temporal bones (2)

Answer 5

form the sides of the head in the ear region

Question 6

Ethmoid bone

Answer 6

the light, spongy bone between the eye sockets that forms part of the nasal cavities

Question 7

Sphenoid bone

Answer 7

joins all the bones of the cranium together