Bones of the Skull

7. Protects the brain, site of attachment for the head and neck muscles.
8. Number of cranial bones.
11. Make up a majority of cranial bones.
12. Located behind the maxilla; forms the hard palate, or the roof of the mouth.
13. Lower jaw bone; largest and strongest bone of the face; only immovable bone of the skull.
14. Forms the inferior sides of the cranium protecting nerves and structures of the ear that control hearing and balance.
16. Number of facial bones.
17. Forms roof of nasal cavity; most deeply situated bone of the skull.
19. Formed by the cranium and facial bones.
20. Supply the framework of the face, anchoring the facial muscles of expression.

1. Forms the back of the skull; contains the foramen magnum.
2. Forms anterior base of the cranium; connects with every other cranial bone
3. Articulate with zygomatic process of the temporal bones.
4. Division of the Skeletal System in which the skull is located.
5. Forms the superior sides of the cranium; roof of cranium.
6. Forms forehead and roof of nasal cavity.
9. Medially fused bones of the upper jaw; carry the upper teeth.
10. Thin, rectangular bones; fuse medially, forming bridge of the nose.
15. Immovable, interlocking joints of the skull that join the flat bones of the cranium together.
18. Body cavity that is protected by the bones of the cranium and face.