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What bone is in the posterior of the skull?
Ethmoid
What is the prominent bony mass that is located at the base of the skull and posterior to the ear?
The mastoid process is located at the base of the skull and posterior to the ear.
What is the bone behind your ear called?
A skull (very funny) the bone behind your ear is called the mastoid process. the mastoid bone is the most posterior part of the temporal bone of your skull.
Where in the body is the mastoid bone?
The purpose of the mastoid process is to function as an attachment for particular muscles of the neck. It is situated in the posterior part of the temporal bone.
Occipital sphenoid frontal temporal and ethmoid are bones of the?
These are bones of the skull, specifically in the region of the cranium. The occipital bone forms the back of the skull, the sphenoid bone is located at the base of the skull, the frontal bone forms the forehead, the temporal bone is located on the sides of the skull, and the ethmoid bone is located between the eyes.
Where is a fused bone located?
a fused bone is located in you skull and in your sacrum and coccyx( tail bone)
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 bone is found just posterior to the ethmoid bone?
Posterior means behind or toward the back -- so which bone is behind the ethmoid bone? The sphenoid bone (butterfly shaped one).The bone that is found just posterior to the ethmoid bone in the orbit is the sphenoid. Major paranasal sinuses are the ethmoid, sphenoid, frontal, and maxillary sinuses.
The foramen magnum is located on what bone?
Occipital Bone
Is the temporal bone a flat bone?
No, the temporal bone is not a flat bone. It is a irregular bone located on the side of the skull and it plays a crucial role in protecting the brain and supporting various structures in the head.
Where is located the mandible?
The mandible is located on your skull. It is attached to your skull. It is called your JAW.
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.
