Cranium

frontal bone (1)

parietal bone (2)
occipital bone (1)
cerebral cranium(8)
ethmoid bone (1)
sphenoid bone (1)
temporal (2)

nasal bones (2), lacrimal bones (2),

inferior nasal conchae (2)

facial cranium(15)
vomer (1), palatine bones (2), hyoid(1)

maxillae (2), mandible(1), zygomatic bones(2)

 cribriform: cribriform foramina
ethmoid bone perpendicular plate
ethmoidal labyrinth: ethmoidal cellules

squamous part: zygomatic process,

articular tubercle , mandibular fossa
temporal bones tympantic part : external acoustic meatus,
styloid process , mastoid process
petrous part: internal acoustic pore
 body: sphenoidal sinus, hypophysial fossa
sphenoid bone greater wing and lesser wing
ptergoid processes

one body and two ramus

condylar process and coronoid process
mandible head, neck , notch , angle and base
mandibular foramen, canal and mental foramen
masseteric tuberosity
 The skull as a whole

The superior aspect of the skull

The posterior aspect of the skull The internal surface of
The base of skull the base of skull
The external surface of
The lateral view of skull the base of skull
orbits
The frontal view of skull
bony nasalcavity
paranasal sinuses

Anterior cranial fossa

Middle cranial fossa
Posterior cranial fossa
 The internal surface of the base of skull

Ⅰ Anterior cranial fossa: cribriform foramina

Ⅱ Middle cranial fossa the hypophysial fossa 、 the optic canal

、 the superior orbital fissure 、 the fora
men rotundum 、 the foramen ovale 、
the foramen spinosum 、 the foramen la
cerum 、 the sulcus for middle meningea
l artery 、 the trigeminal impression 、
the tegmen tympani
Ⅲ Posterior cranial fossa the foramen magnum 、 the hypoglossal cana
l 、 the internal occipital protuberance 、 s
ulcus for transverse sinus 、 sulcus for sigmo
id sinus 、 the jugular foramen 、 the inter
nal acoustic pore
 The external surface of the base of skull

the hard palate 、 the incisive foramen 、 the greater palatine foram
en 、 the posterior nasal apertures 、 the occipital condyles 、 the
hypoglossal canal 、 the jugular foramen 、 the external opening of
the carotid canal 、 the styloid process 、 the mastoid process 、 t
he stylomastoid foramen 、 the foramen lacerum

The lateral view of skull

the temporal fossa 、 the infratemporal fossa 、 the pterion 、 the

pterygomaxillary fissure 、 the pterygopalatine fossa
 The frontal view of skull
Ⅰ orbits
Ⅱ bony nasalcavity(the lateral wal
l)
the superior, middle and inferior nasal conchae

the superior, midde and inferior meatus

Ⅲ paranasal sinuses

the middle nasal meatus.

1) The frontal sinuses
the anterior and middle groups : the middle nasal meatus
2) The ethmoidal sinuses
(or ethmoidal cellules)
the posterior group : the superior nasal meatus
3) The maxillary sinuses the middle nasal meatus

4) The sphenoidal sinuses the sphenoethmoidal recess