4.2 Skeletal/Facial Bones

Large bone; makes up the roof of the orbital and nasal cavities; "forehead". 

• frontal 
• sphenoid 
• parietal 
• ethmoid 

Thin bone forming the inner orbital cavity 

• lacrimal 
• zygomatic 
• sphenoid 
• ethmoid 

Upper jaw; holds the upper teeth; forms portions of the orbital, nasal and oral cavities. 

• mandible 
• maxillae
• zygomatic 
• occipital 

Upper jaw; holds the upper teeth; forms portions of the orbital, nasal and oral cavities. 

• mandible 
• maxillae
• zygomatic 
• occipital 

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two bones, side-by-side that make up the bridge of the nose; 

• sphenoid bones
• zygomatic bones 
• lacrimal bones 
• nasal bones 

thin, flat bones that form the back and inferior portion of the nasal septum 

• ethmoid 
• lacrimal 
• inferior nasal conchae 
• vomer

• Frontal
• Sphenoid
• Zygomatic
• Maxilla

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• Parietal
• Maxilla
• Zygomatic
• Temporal

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

• Maxilla
• Mandible
• Parietal
• Occipital

• Maxilla 
• Orbital
• Superior orbital fissure
• Superior foramen orbital

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