Across
- 2. a pair of bilateral, symmetrical bones that constitute a large portion of the lateral wall and base of the skull
- 4. a small and fragile bone of the facial skeleton
- 6. the upper jaw
- 7. a pyramidal bony projection from the posterior section of the temporal bone.
- 10. forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and below the front part of the brain. It has two pairs of broad lateral “wings” and a number of other projections, and contains two air-filled sinuses.
- 12. aspect of the skull that connects the parietal bones with the occipital bone.
- 13. the bone which forms the front part of the skull and the upper part of the eye sockets.
Down
- 1. two small oblong bones--form the bridge of the upper one third of the nose.
- 3. a bone forming the central side and upper back part of each side of the skull.
- 5. largest bone in the human skull
- 8. the bone that forms the back and base of the skull, and through which the spinal cord passes.
- 9. a square bone at the root of the nose, forming part of the cranium, and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.
- 10. the cranial suture between the temporal and parietal bones bilaterally.
- 11. the bone that forms the prominent part of the cheek and the outer side of the eye socket.