Skull bones and characteristics of bone

The orange bone on the front of the skull

• parietal bone

• frontal bone

• nasal bone

• lacrimal bone

The pink bone on the top of the skull

• parietal bone

• occipital bone

• frontal bone

• lacrimal bone

The purple bone on the side of the head

• lacrimal bone

• sphenoid bone

• ethmoid bone

• temporal bone

The purple bone on the front of the face

• frontal bone

• nasal bone

• maxilla

• zygomatic bone

A round or oval opening through a bone

• process

• foramen

• fissure

• tuberosity

Any bony prominance

• Process
• Facet
• Fissure
• Meatus

Large, rounded, roughened projection

• Trochanter

• Tubercle

• Tuberosity

• Notch

What is the structure in the picture?

• foramen magnum

• occipital condyles

• external auditory meatus

• zygomatic process

• sella turcica

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Narrow ridge of bone, usually prominent

• Crest

• Forament

• Notch

• Epicondyle

A condyle is a

• bony projection

• narrow ridge of bone

• indentation at the edge of a bone

• rounded joint connection