Skull

Question 1

Bones of the Cranial Vault (Neurocranium)

Answer 1

8 bones

Frontal bone
Occipital bone
Sphenoid bone
Ethmoid bone
2 Parietal bones
2 Temporal bones

Question 2

Cranial Vault (Neurocranium) extra info

Answer 2

Houses of the brain

• Roof is called the calvaria (skull cap)
• Floor is the cranial base

Question 3

Bones of the Facial Skeleton (Viscerocranium)

Answer 3

15 irregular bones

Mandible
Vomer
Ethmoid
2 Lacrimal bones
2 nasal bones
2 Maxillary bones
2 zygomatic bones
2 palatine bones
2 inferior nasal conchae

Question 4

Facial Skeleton (Viscerocranium) extra info

Answer 4

Anterior aspect of skull

-contains mouth, nose, and orbits