Cranial Bones Diagram
Your cranial bones are eight bones that make up your cranium, or skull, which supports your face and protects your brain. We’ll go over each of these bones and where they’re located.
Cranial Floor View of the Skull Bones: (os frontale) Major Sutures of the Skull Sutures are junctions between adjacent bones of the skull which are rigidly held together by fibrous connective tissue. Fissures, foramina and markings of the base of the skull The cranial floor bones support the inferior part of skull.
Skull Features ©Sheri Amsel www.exploringnature.org frontal bone nasal bones temporal bone zygomatic arch (cheek bone) maxilla mandible external auditory meatus (ear canal) occipital bone frontal bone parietal bone mandible maxilla