CHAPTER II 



BONES AND ARTICULATIONS OF THE SKULL 

 The skull includes the cranium and face. 



BONES OF THE CRANIUM, 8 



. i Parietal... . 2 



Frontal i 



Occipital i 



Temporal 2 



Ethmoid. . 

 Sphenoid. . 



Frontal bone (os frontale) . In the anterior part of the skull, 

 shaped like a cockle-shell, and consisting of the frontal part, or 

 forehead, the two orbital parts, and the nasal part. The frontal 



CUABELLA 



ANTERIOR NASAL 

 SPINE 



GNATHIO 



FIG. 12. THE SKULL. (Gerrish.) 



part (squama frontalis) is flat in structure, and unites above with 

 the parietal bones. This part is bounded below by a prominent 

 border forming the two supraorbital margins. At the medial 



