It is located on the nuchal wall of the skull. It encloses the
foramen magnum which links the brain and spinal cord.
PARS BASILARIS
Synchondrosis sphenooccipitalis
Foramen lacerum (eq, su)
Foramen jugulare (Car, ru)
PARS LATERALIS
Condylus occipitalis
Processus jugularis
Canalis ni hypoglossi
SQUAMA OCCIPITALIS
Crista nuchae (Car, eq, su) –Linea nuchae (ru)
Protuberantia occipitalis externa (absent in Su)
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OS OCCIPITALE
It is located on the nuchal wall of the skull. It
encloses the foramen magnum which links the
brain and spinal cord.
PARS BASILARIS
Synchondrosis sphenooccipitalis
Foramen lacerum (eq, su)
Foramen jugulare (Car, ru)
PARS LATERALIS
Condylus occipitalis
Processus jugularis
Canalis ni hypoglossi
SQUAMA OCCIPITALIS
Crista nuchae (Car, eq, su) –Linea nuchae (ru)
Protuberantia occipitalis externa (absent in Su)
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OS OCCIPITALE
It fuses with the parietal and occipal bones in adult
Processus tentoricus (Car, eq)
Tenterium cerebelli osseum
Tenterium cerebelli membranaceum
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OS INTERPARIETALE
Tuber parietale
Crista sagittalis externa (eq ve car)
Planum nuchale (bo)
Planum parietale (ov, cap, su)
Planum temporale
Linea temporalis
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OS PARIETALE
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OS FRONTALE
SQUAMA FRONTALIS
proc. cornualis (ru)
protuberantia intercornualis (ru)
proc.zygomaticus
arcus orbitae
lig.orbitale (Car, su)
for.supraorbitale (Car’da yok)
Sulcus supraorbitalis (ru)
fossa glandulae lacrimalis
PARS ORBITALIS
PARS NASALIS
It resembles a horizontally placed tube.
Lamina perpendicularis
crista galli
Lamina cribrosa
fossa ethmoidalis
Lamina tectoria
Lamina basalis
Lamina orbitalis
Ethmoturbinalia
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OS ETHMOIDALE
OS TEMPORALE
The temporal bone is composed of squamous, petrosal and tympanic parts and
forms the lateral wall of the cranial cavity.
It articulates with the mandible (art.temporomandibularis).
It consists of three parts; Pars squamosa, Pars petrosa, Pars tympanica
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Pars Squamosa
It has a cup-like basal part which is involved in the
formation of the lateral wall of the cranial cavity.
Facies cerebralis
Facies temporalis
Linea temporalis
Fossa temporalis
Proc.zygomaticus
Fossa mandibulae
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Pars Tympanica
It is the retroventral part lying at the base of the skull.
Porus acusticus externus
Meatus acusticus externus
Bulla tympanica
(Absent in man
Oval-shaped in eq and ov,
Spere-shaped in Car,
Well-developed in bo and su)
Cavum tympani
***middle ear
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Pars Petrosa
It is the caudoventral part of the temporal bone.It locates at the inner surface.
Porus acusticus internus
Meatus acusticus internus
Proc.mastoideus (absent in su)
Proc.styloideus (Ru, eq)
***hyoid bone attaches***
For.stylomastoideum (Canalis facialis)
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It is an unpaired bone which forms the rostral part of the
base of the cranial cavity. The shape of the bone like a
wedge and it consists of two fused parts that are united
synchondrosis intersphenoidalis at birth.
OS PRESPHENOIDALE
Ala orbitalis
Corpus
OS BASISPHENOIDALE
Ala temporalis
Corpus
Proc.pterygoideus
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OS SPHENOIDALE
OS PRESPHENOIDALE
Ala orbitalis
crista orbitasphenoidale
Corpus
canalis opticus
OS BASISPHENOIDALE
Ala temporalis
for.lacerum
(for.caroticum; Car)
(for.ovale; Car, ru)
Corpus
fossa hypophysialis
dorsum sellae
sella turcica
Proc.pterygoideus
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OS SPHENOIDALE
OS PTERYGOIDEUM
It is a small paired bones at the base of the skull. It contrubutes the forming of the
lateral wall of the choana. It takes the form of a flat bone which is situated between
pterygoid process of sphenoid and perpendicular lamina of palatine bones
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OS VOMER
It is a long unpaired bone that extends the nasal cavity
sulcus vomeris
ala vomeris
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It forms the roof of the nasal cavity.
It is situated rostral to the frontal bone
Inc.nasoincisiva (eq, su, bo) (absent in car)
Inc.nasomaxillaris (ov)
Processus nasalis : tapered rostral end
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OS NASALE
Eq, ov, suBo, capcar
It forms the rostral wall of the orbit.
Facies facialis
Fossa lacrimalis externa (su, ov)
Facies orbitalis
Fossa sacci lacrimalis (absent in su)
Foramen lacrimale
Foramina lacrimalia (su)
Canalis lacrimalis
Bulla lacrimalis (well-developed in ox)
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OS LACRIMALE
Arcus zygomaticus : is formed by proc.temporalis of zygomatic bone and
proc.zygomaticus of temporal bone
Processus temporalis and Processus frontalis (ru)
Crista facialis («S» shaped in ru)
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OS ZYGOMATICUM
Upper jaw bone is the largest bone of the skull.
Corpus maxilla
Processus alveolaris is a longitudinal ridge projects ventrally
Processus palatinus is a horizontal plate-like part that forms
the basis of the hard palate.
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OS MAXILLA –Upper jaw
Crista facialis
Tuber faciale (rum)
For.infraorbitale
Canalis infraorbitalis
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OS MAXILLA
The Body
Juga alveolariais ridges formed by the roots of cheek teeth
Margo alveolaris is free border of the bone for alveols of teeth
Margo interalveolarisis a space without teeth
Tuber maxillais caudal enlarged part of the bone
Fossa pterygopalatina
I-For. maxillare
II-For. sphenopalatinum
III-For. palatinum aborale
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OS MAXILLA
Alveolar process
It forms both the floor of the nasal cavity and the roof of the oral cavity.
Caudally; it fuses with the palatine bone and in front; it forms the palatine fissure
Sutura palatina
For. palatinum majus
Canalis palatinus
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OS MAXILLA
Palatine process
It forms the apex of the skull and participates in forming the hard palate.
Corpus ossis incisivi
Foramen incisivum (eq, car)
Fissura incisiva (ru, su)
Processus palatinus
Fissura palatina
Processus nasalis
Inc. nasoincisiva
Processus alveolaris
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OS INCISIVUM
It is situated behind the maxilla.
Lamina horizontalis contrubutes to the formation of the hard palate
Lamina perpendicularis margins the lateral wall of the choana
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OS PALATINUM
Mandible is the lowest part of the skull. It holds the lower teeth and attaches the
cranium with a movable joint (art.temporomandibularis)
The left and right bones are formed a rostral line (synchondrosis intermandibularis)
by the fusion during mandibular development after birth
Spatium mandibulare is a space between two bones. The tongue fills the space in
living animals
* CORPUS MANDIBULAE
* RAMUS MANDIBULAE
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MANDIBULA
The Lower jaw bone
Facies labialis
Facies buccalis
Facies lingualis
Margo ventralis
Margo alveolaris
Alveoli dentales
Margo interalveolaris
Foramen mentale
Foramina mentalia (car, su)
Inc. vasorum facialium
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MANDIBULA
The Body
Processus muscularis ( proc.coronoideus )
Processus articularis ( proc.condylaris )
Caput mandibulae
Collum mandibulae
Incisura mandibulae
Fossa masseterica (Car)
Foramen mandibulae
Canalis mandibulae
Processus angularis (Car)
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MANDIBULA
The Arm
Hyoid bone is a seperate bone from the cranium like mandible. It attaches the styloid
process (mastoid process in car.) of the temporal bone and forms a slightly movable
joint. The bone comprises several rod-shaped elements articulate with each other.
Basihyoideum
Proc. lingualis
Thyrohyoideum
Ceratohyoideum
Epihyoideum
Stylohyoideum
Tympanohyoideum
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OS HYOIDEUM