Skull — main bones count?
Eight bones form the skull.
Skull parts — two main sections?
Calvaria (vault) and skull base.
Frontal bone — location?
Anterior, above the orbits, forming the forehead.
Frontal bone — key features?
Glabella, supraorbital ridges, sinuses.
Ethmoid bone — vertical part?
Perpendicular plate and crista galli.
Ethmoid bone — horizontal part?
Cribriform plate with olfactory foramina.
Sphenoid — central bone?
Yes, it forms the skull base and surrounds the sella turcica.
Sphenoid — main parts?
Body, greater wings, lesser wings, pterygoid processes.
Parietal bones — location?
Lateral sides of the skull, forming the vault.
Parietal bones — external features?
Temporal lines, parietal eminence.
Temporal bone — parts?
Squamous, petrous, tympanic parts.
Temporal bone — key features?
Zygomatic process, mastoid, styloid processes.
Occipital bone — main feature?
Foramen magnum, occipital condyles.
Occipital — articulates with?
Atlas (C1 vertebra) via occipital condyles.
Base of skull — bones involved?
Sphenoid, occipital, ethmoid, parts of temporal.
Foramen magnum — function?
Allows passage of spinal cord, connecting to brain.
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