Bones in the Skull
Across
- 2. narrow, paired muscle in the floor of mouth
- 5. depresses the hyoid bone during swallowing
- 7. two tiny bones in the eye sockets
- 8. a U-shaped bone in upper neck
- 9. strap muscle in the neck
- 10. incisive fossa in the mandible
- 12. posterior portion of alveolar process
- 14. underneath the jaw in upper neck
- 15. lower jawbone, movable
- 17. pulls down the lower jaw and lower lip
- 20. external surface of occipital bone
- 22. base of septum formed by flat bone
- 24. pterygoid closing the jaw
- 25. located near collar bone
- 27. two L shaped bones
- 28. two bones on sides of skull
- 29. forms the muscular floor
Down
- 1. stretches from base of skull
- 3. spongy bone between eye sockets
- 4. conchae 3 projections point towards maxilla
- 6. elevates the jaw
- 11. forms forehead and upper part of eye sockets
- 13. two fused bones that form upper jaw of palate
- 16. two large bones from cranium
- 18. group of three muscles on neck
- 19. small oblong bones form bridge of nose
- 21. draws angles of mouth up and back
- 23. butterfly shaped bone at base of skull
- 24. closes mouth and exerts chewing force
- 26. muscle fibers around mouth