Skeletal System: Bones of the Face and Neck

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Across
  1. 2. Part of the maxilla that articulates to form the anterior part of the hard palate
  2. 4. where the mandible articulates with the temporal bone
  3. 6. thin plate of bone that forms part of the medial wall of the orbit
  4. 7. project from the maxilla to form part of the lateral walls of the nasal cavity
  5. 8. thin, flat bone that forms the posterior part of the nasal septum
  6. 9. opening between sphenoid bone and orbital processes of palatine bone
  7. 11. groove on the floor of the orbit
  8. 12. Part of the maxilla/mandible that contains the roots of the teeth
  9. 13. an opening inferior to the apices of the mandibular first and second molars
  10. 14. between skull and thoracic vertebrae
  11. 15. paired bones that form the cheekbones and part of the walls and floor of the orbit
  12. 16. faint ridge on the medial, anterior surface where the bone was formed by fusion
  13. 17. cenral opening for the spinal cord and associated tissue
Down
  1. 1. bone suspended in the neck from the styloid processes of the temporal bone by the stylohyoid ligaments
  2. 3. process where the mandible articulates with the temporal bone
  3. 5. vertical bones that form the lateral walls of the nasal cavity and contribute to the small lip of bone of the orbital apex
  4. 10. paired bones that are fused together to form the bridge of the nose