Bones of the Skull

This is a list of the bones of the skull you are responsible for identifying.  Use the digital anatomy atlas and the images below and to the right to learn the names and locations of the bones first.  Subsequent lists will go over the anatomical features of these bones you are responsible for, dont worry about those just yet.

• Calvarium 

  • • Frontal bone

    • Parietal bone

    • Occipital bone

    • Temporal bone (squamous part)

• Face bones (all paired) 

  • • Maxilla

    • Mandible

    • Zygomatic bone

    • Nasal bone

• Bones mostly interior to the skull

  • • Temporal bone (petrous part) 

    • Sphenoid bone

    • Ethmoid bone

    • Palatine bone

    • Inferior nasal conchae

    • Vomer

We have left out the three small bones of the inner ear (the malleus, incus and stapes).