Below is a list of the bold-faced terms from the Conjoint 401 lab manual. They have been rearranged according to what can be seen in different views of the skull. The links take you to a skull tutorial developed by J. Crimando at Gateway Community College in Phoenix Arizona. The tutorial has four basic views of the skull, and by clicking on a region with your mouse, you can get the name for a bone or structure. You can learn many of the bones and landmarks from the tutorial, but you can also print out this list and use it when you are studying an actual skull in the lab. Note that the superior view is referred to as the interior view in the tutorial.
(top of cranium removed; looking down from above)
Cranial Bones:
ethmoid bone
cribriform plate with olfactory foramina
crista galli
sphenoid bone
sella turcica
optic foramen (or optic canal; seen better from
posterior)
superior orbital fissure (can see from
posterior; can't see in tutorial)
lesser wing
greater wing
temporal bone
jugular foramen
internal auditory canal (can see from medial;
can't see in tutorial)
carotid canal
occipital bone
jugular foramen
foramen magnum
(looking up from the base of the skull)
Cranial Bones:
sphenoid bone
pterygoid process
temporal bone
jugular foramen (between temporal and occipital
bones)
carotid canal
mastoid process
occipital bone
jugular foramen (between temporal and occipital
bones)
occipital condyle
foramen magnum
Facial Bones:
maxilla
palatine
vomer
zygomatic
(looking through the nasal cavity and orbits of the eye)
Cranial Bones:
ethmoid bone (middle nasal concha in tutorial is part of ethmoid
bone)
perpendicular plate (nasal septum in tutorial)
sphenoid bone
superior orbital fissure
greater wings (back of orbit)
Facial Bones:
maxilla
mandible
nasal
lacrimal
vomer (base of nasal septum)
inferior concha
palatine
zygomatic
(from the side)
Cranial bones:
frontal
parietal
temporal
external auditory canal
mastoid process
sphenoid
pterygoid process
greater wing
ethmoid (inside orbit; can't see in tutorial)
Facial bones:
zygomatic
nasal
maxilla
lacrimal
Sutures:
squamosal
lambdoidal
coronal