Transcript Skull & Mandible  Sutures Bones of the Cranium

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Skull & Mandible
 Sutures
 Bones of the Cranium
 Major Landmarks of the Cranium
 Functions of the Cranium
 Cranial Metrics
Sutures
Sutures
sagittal
coronal
lamboidal
basilar
squamosal
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Frontal Bone
Nasals
Maxilla
Mandible
Zygomatics
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Lacrimals
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Parietal
Temporal
Maxilla
Mandible
Zygomatics
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Lacrimals
Occipital
Frontal
Supraorbital
foramen
Zygomatic
Process of the
Frontal Bone
Nasal Bones
Maxilla
Zygomatic
Process of the
Maxilla
Infraorbital
foramen
Alveolar
Portion
Condyle
Ascending ramus
Genial tubercles
Mental eminence
Mental foramen
Mylohyoid groove
Mandible
Zygomatic
Greater wings
Pterygoid plates
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Lacrimal
Parietal
Temporal line
Grooves for the middle
meningeal vessels
Temporal
Mastoid process
External auditory meatus
Petrous portion
Zygomatic process
Occipital
Occipital condyles
Nuchal crest
Foramen magnum
Hypoglossal canal
Basilar portion
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Functions of the Skull
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Protection for the brain & eyes
 red blood cell production
 support for muscles
 communication
Cranial Metrics
bregma
glabella
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