lab 6

• cranium - the skull without the jawbone 
• frontal bone - the most anterior bone of the cranium 
• brow ridge - a bony ridge located above the eye orbits 
• parietal bone - one of the pair of bones posterior to the frontal bone that forms the top of the cranium 
• occipital bone - the bone that forms the back and base of the cranium 
• temporal bone - one of the pair of bones inferior to the parietal bone on each side of the cranium 
• zygomatic arch - cheekbone area formed by numerous small bones, allowing a space for the jaw muscles that attach to the mandible below and the temporal bone above 
• mastoid process - the bony projection located posterior to the ear the mandiblebelow and the temporal bone above 
• mastoid process - the bony projection located posterior to the ear that allows for the attatchment of neck muscles 
• auditory ossicles - the three tiny bones that help from each middle ear 
• spenoid bone - the butterfly shaped bone between the cranial vault and face 
• ethmoid - the small cube-shaped bone between the frontal and sphenoid bone in the cranium 
• maxilla ( maxillae, plural) one of the pair of bones that forms the face and holds the upper teeth