Bones of the Skull

Authors
Affiliations

Nate Yomogida, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.S. in Kinesiology

Chloë Kerstein, B.S., SPT

Doctor of Physical Therapy

B.A. in Neuroscience

Neurocranium

  • Ethmoid bone (cribriform plate)
  • Frontal bone
  • Occipital bone
  • Parietal bone
  • Sphenoid bone
  • Temporal bone (petrous and squamous parts)

Visccerocranium

  • Ethmoid bone
  • Hyoid bone
  • Inferior nasal concha
  • Lacrimal bone
  • Mandible
  • Maxilla
  • Nasal bone
  • Palatine bone
  • Sphenoid bone (pterygoid process)
  • Temporal bone
  • Vomer

Most of the ethmoid bone is in the viscerocranium; most of the sphenoid bone is in the neurocranium. The temporal bone is divided between the two1

References

1.
Gilroy AM, MacPherson BR, Wikenheiser JC, Voll MM, Wesker K, Schünke M, eds. Atlas of Anatomy. 4th ed. Thieme; 2020.

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