BONES OF THE SKULL
By: DR.KRUPA RAITHATHA
MPT. MUSCULOSKELETAL &SPORTS SCIENCES
LECTURER AT SCHOOL OF PHYSIOTHERAPY, RK.UNIVERSITY,
RAJKOT,GUJRAT,INDIA.
INTRODUCTION
 The skeleton of the head is called the skull.
 Several bones together forms cranium.
 Skull can be divided into 2 parts:
• Upper part of the
cranium
Calvaria or
brain box
• Rest of the skull,
includes mandible
Facial
skeleton
BONES OF THE SKULL
Paired
• Parietal
• Temporal
• Malleus
• Incus
• stapes
Unpaired
• Frontal
• Occipital
• Sphenoid
• Ethmoid
CALVARIA
OR BRAIN
BOX
(14 bones)
Paired
• Maxilla
• Zygomatic
• Nasal
• Lacrimal
• Palatine
• Inferior nasal
concha
Unpaired
• Mandible
• Vomer
FACIAL
SKELETON
(14 bones)
Bones of skull
Frontal View
Frontal
Frontal View
Parietal
Frontal View
Temporal
Frontal View
Nasal
Frontal View
Vomer
Frontal View
Zygoma
Frontal View
Maxilla
Frontal View
Mandible
Frontal View
Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Zygoma
Nasal
Vomer
Maxilla
Mandible
Frontal View
Lateral View
Frontal
Lateral View
Parietal
Lateral View
Temporal
Lateral View
Nasal
Lateral View
Zygoma
Lateral View
Maxilla
Lateral View
Mandible
Lateral View
Sphenoid
Lateral View
Occipital
Lateral View
Mastoid Process
Lateral View
External Auditory Meatus
Lateral View
Frontal
Nasal
Zygoma
Maxilla
Mandible
Parietal
Sphenoid
Temporal
Occipital
External Auditory Meatus
Mastoid Process
Lateral View
Sutures
Sagittal
Sutures
Frontal
(Coronal)
Sutures
Squamous
Sutures
Lambdoid
Sutures
Frontal
(Coronal)
Sagittal
Squamous
Lambdoid
Sutures
video
 skull bones.mp4
 Skull - anatomy tutorial.mp4
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Skull joints
 Most of the skull joints are immovable and
fibrous in type, known as sutures.
 Also few are primary cartilaginous joints.
Anatomical position of skull
Methods of study of skull
 Exterior of skull:
• Superior view- norma verticalis
• Posterior view- norma occipitalis
• Anterior view- norma frontalis
• Lateral view- norma lateralis
• Inferior view- norma basalis
Exterior of the skull
 Norma verticalis- top view
 Norma occipitalis- back view
 Norma frontalis- front view
 Norma lateralis- side view
 Norma basalis- base view
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Bones of the skull