Anatomy of the Head and Neck

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Across
  1. 2. single flat bone; forms the base of the septum.
  2. 4. creates the floor of the cranium, the orbit, and the nasal cavity.
  3. 7. horseshoe-shaped; does not meet any other bone in face/cranium.
  4. 9. forms the roof and upper sides of the cranium
  5. 10. AKA malar bones; form parts of the cheeks.
  6. 11. a part of the mandible that lies in the glenoid fossa
  7. 12. irregular-shaped bones that join together in the middle, forming the jaw.
  8. 14. forms the bridge of the nose
  9. 15. forms the forehead, part of the cranium floor, and part of the top of orbits.
Down
  1. 1. a raised piece of temporal bone in front of the glenoid fossa.
  2. 3. forms part of the anterior base of the skull and walls of the orbits; has a body and a pair of greater wings.
  3. 5. one on either side of the head; forms the side and base of the cranium.
  4. 6. at the back and base of the cranium
  5. 8. make up the orbit near the inner angle of the eye.
  6. 13. forms the lower part of the jaw; the longest and strongest bone in the face.