Skull

Abstract

This chapter discusses the bones in the human skull, including frontal bone, occipital bone, parietal bone, temporal bone, and ethmoid bone. Bony bridges may exist between the inferior and middle nasal conchae. The inferior concha may be notched or have a curved convex surface. The chapter also describes the infraorbital foramina. The infraorbital canal issues a small branch on its lateral face close to its midpoint to allow the anterior superior alveolar nerve to pass. In one skull the zygomatic process of the maxilla and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone articulated directly on the temporal surface of the zygomatic bone. There can be several nasal bones or only one. Internasal bones have been found at the edges of the nasal bones in the upper corner of the piriform aperture, lying on the anterior tip of the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid. © 2016 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. All rights reserved.