cranial bones
Head's bony shell
Cranial bones are the eight bones that form the skull's protective casing around the brain.
They include the frontal, parietal (two), temporal (two), occipital, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones.
These bones are joined by sutures—immovable joints that fuse during development.
The infant's cranial bones hadn't fully fused yet.
- skullHead's bone casing
- frontalOf the fore side
- parietalOf the skull wall
- temporalRelating to chronology
- occipitalOf the skull's rear
sphenoid · ethmoid · sutures · fontanelle · soft spot · braincase · forehead · temple · skeleton · anatomy · ossification · calvaria · skull cap · vault · plates · fused · protective · jawbone
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skull region
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Facial bones of skull
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