Learning Bones:  Axial Skeleton
Skull

1. A skull is the cranium and the mandible (lower jaw) combined.  A cranium is just the top part of the skull (excluding the mandible or lower jaw).
    

2. The vomer is a narrow, thin bone located inside the nasal aperture (opening).
    

3. The coronal suture connects the frontal bone (anterior) to the two parietal bones--right and left (posterior).
    

4. The zygomatic arch is comprised of the temporal process (a feature) of the zygoma (bone) articulated with the zygomatic process (a feature) of the temporal bone. 
    

5. Inferior (seen from the base of the cranium)
    

6. Lateral
    

7. A cranium with no face (i.e., no facial bones, mainly the sides, top, back, and bottom or portions thereof)
    

8. Anterior (on the face), and or lateral to the nose, inferior to the eye orbits--any of these is correct.
    

9. Two.  The nasal bones are paired and are situated superior to the nasal aperture (opening of the nose).  The bones immediately lateral to the nasal aperture are part of the maxilla.  The bones inside the nasal aperture consist of the nasal conchae (paried, right and left), and the vomer.  
    

10. The foramen magnum is the large opening at the base of the skull (inferior) for the spinal cord.        

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