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Chapter-27 Individual Bones of Skull

BOOK TITLE: Essentials of Anatomy for Dental Students

Author
1. Selvakumari TL
ISBN
9789352703548
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/14250_28
Edition
1/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
43
Author Affiliations
1. Sri Venkateswara Dental College and Hospital, Thalambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chapter keywords
Skull, frontal bone, parietal bone, occipital bone, temporal bone, styloid apparatus, maxilla, zygoma, mandible, sphenoid bone, palatine bone, ethmoid bone, vomer bone, nasal bone

Abstract

This chapter describes individual bones of skull. This chapter covers the frontal bone, parietal bone, occipital bone, temporal bone, styloid apparatus, maxilla, zygoma, mandible, sphenoid bone, palatine bone, ethmoid bone, vomer bone, nasal bones, lacrimal bone, and inferior nasal concha along with their anatomical features, attachments, and anatomical position. Skull has six unpaired bones and eight paired bones. Frontal bone is a curved plate of pneumatic flat bone located in the region of forehead. It is an unpaired bone. Parietal bone is a pair of curved plate like flat bone, forms a greater part of vault of the skull. Occipital bone is an unpaired; curved plate of bone that forms the posterior part of vault and base of cranial cavity. Temporal bones are a pair of pneumatic irregular bones situated on each side of the base and side of skull.

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