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Facial Bones
Definition | Term |
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forms the forehead, bony projections of the eyebrows, and upper parts of the eye sockets | frontal bone |
are paired bones that form most of the upper and side walls of the cranium | parietal bones |
paired bones that lie behind the parietal bones | temporal bones |
forms the base and back wall of the skull | occipital bone |
a bone that spans the width of the skull and forms part of the floor of the cranial cavity. It has many canals that nerves run through | sphenoid bone |
very irregularly shaped and forms the roof of the nasal cavity and part of the inner eye sockets | ethmoid bone |