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occipital bone
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Occipital bone
The bone is called the occipital bone which forms most of the skulls posterior wall and base. It articulates with anteriorly with the paried parietal and temporal bones via the lambdoid and occipitomastoid stures. It also joins the sphenoid bone in the cranial floor.
Cassandre Gibson
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∙ 13y agothe skull dumb dumb
Improved answer: for starters, if you're going to insult the person inquiring about the key bone in the skull, use proper English. The skull, dumb dumb. Be logical.
Although, the answer the original question is the sphenoid bone.
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∙ 14y agothe human skull is divided into two, the CRANIAL BONES AND THE FACIAL BONES 8 CRANIAL BONES frontal occipital ethmoid sphenoid 2 parietal 2 temporal 14 FACIAL BONES paired : maxillae zygomatics palatines nasal lacrimal inferior nasal conchae unpaired: vomer mandible
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∙ 14y agoIn humans, the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones
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∙ 13y agoThe scientific name for "skull" is Cranium.
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∙ 10y agoThe skull is made of a number of fused bones (in adult humans). There are 21 fused bones and one moveable called the mandible. The hyoid is also considered part of the skull.
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∙ 9y agoEthmoid
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The sella turcica is part of what bone?
The Sella turcica is found on the surface of the sphenoid bone, at the base of the skull. It's where we find the pituitary gland.
The foramen magnum is located on what bone?
Occipital Bone
What is the function of sphenoidal?
it is the essential bone of the base of the skull
What is a parasphenoid?
A parasphenoid is the bone immediately beneath the sphenoid at the base of the skull.
Where is foramen magnum contained?
The foramen magnum is found in the inferior (lower/bottom) aspect of the occipital bone.occipital bone
What is the bone that protects the skull?
The skull is a bone. The skull protects the brain.
What bone is located at the base of the skull?
There are two joints at the base of the skull: - a condyloid joint between the occipital bone of the skull and the first (C1) vertebra, the atlas. - a pivot joint located between the C1 and C2 cervical vertebrae (atlas and axis).
What is the bat-shaped bone extending behind the eyes to form the base of the skull?
sphenoid
Which bone can of the skull can move?
which bone of the skull canmove
The sphenoid bone is located where?
The sphenoid bone is one of the skull bones and is located relatively deep within the skull. It is only very slightly visible from an exterior view of the skull. Looking side on to a skull it is right between the temporal bone and the zygomatic bone, in other words it is the small section beneath the Pterion. It is also visible when looking into the orbit (with the eye removed) as the bone with the superior orbital fissure through it.
What is the most anterior bone of the superior skull?
There are many bones that make up the skull. the occupital bone is the back of your skull. the frontal bone is also known as the forehead. and the pariatal bones are located on the left and right sides of the skull. see picture for more info. becomehealthynow.com/images/organs/bones/skull_bones_side_view.jpg
What bone protects the brain?
the bone that protects the brain is the skull.
