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The Skull - Coggle Diagram
The Skull
Face (14)
Maxillary bones (2)
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Palatine bone (2)
The palatine bone is a paired bone located between the maxillae and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone. It participates in building the three cavities within the skull; the oral cavity, nasal cavity and the orbits.
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Inferior nasal conchae
a scroll-shaped, paired bone that rests at the lateral wall of the nasal cavity. It helps to filter and humidify the air that we breathe.
Zygomatic bones (2)
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Vomer (1)
a small, thin, plow-shaped, midline bone that occupies and divides the nasal cavity.
Mandible (1)
the largest bone in the human skull. It holds the lower teeth in place, it assists in mastication and forms the lower jawline.
Cranium (8)
Occipital bone (1)
the bone that forms the back and base of the skull, and through which the spinal cord passes.
parietal bone (2)
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frontal bone (1)
an unpaired bone that is a part of the boney structure that forms the anterior and superior portions of the skull.
temporal bones (2)
two major bones in the skull, or cranium.
sphenold (1)
a compound bone that forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and below the front part of the brain. It has two pairs of broad lateral “wings” and a number of other projections, and contains two air-filled sinuses.
ethmoid (1)
an unpaired cranial bone that is a significant component of the upper nasal cavity and the nasal septum.
Associated Bones (7)
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a small U-shaped (horseshoe-shaped) solitary bone, situated in the midline of the neck anteriorly at the base of the mandible and posteriorly at the fourth cervical vertebra.
a bone protective cavity for the brain. ... The skull is composed of two parts: the cranium and the mandible.