Head & Spine Basics

The blue bone(s) on the posterior end of the skull are called

• maxillary bones

• parietal bones

• nasal bones

• temporal bones

The green bone(s) inferior to the parietal bones are called

• temporal bones

• frontal bones

• ethmoid bones

• sphenoid bones

The large pink bone anterior to the parietal bones is called

• the nasal bone

• the temporal bone

• the vomer

• the frontal bone

The yellow bone which spans the entire bottom, interior region of the skull is called the

• sphenoid bone

• the vomer

• the nasal bone

• the mandilbe

The orange bone on the anterior side of the skull is termed the

• vomer

• maxilla

• mandible

• sphenoid

The paired blue bones are called

• the zygomatic bones

• the temporal bones

• the occipital bones

• the parietal bones

Which bone is posterior and inferior on the skull? (hint: it is not pictured in this diagram)

• the ethmoid

• the sphenoid

• the lacrimal

• the occipital

• Mandible

• Zygomatic

• Temporal

• Maxilla

• Maxilla

• lacrimal

• Mandible

• zygomatic

The highlighted bone is the

• nasal

• lacrimal

• vomer

• ethmoid