LESSON III. 

 THE SKELETON (continued], 



THE SKULL. 



THE skull consists of the cranium and the face. The cranium is 

 a large and hollow bony case which encloses the brain. The face 



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Fig. 19. The Under Surface of the Skull. 



i, superior maxillary bones; 2, palatal bones; 5 and 8 are on the sphenoid bone; 6, hinder 

 opening of the right nostril ; 7, vomer ; 9, malar or cheek-bones ; 10, temporal bones u, 

 lower portion of parietal bones ; 12, occipital bone ; 13, condyles of the occipital bone 14, 

 foramen magnum. 



forms the front and lower portion of the skull. The cranium is 

 usually said to consist of eight bones and the face of fourteen ; 



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