the fontanels
You have a malleus, incus and stapes in each ear which makes up your 6 but also the hyoid bone (around the top of your throat, holds the larynx and other structures in place) is usually counted in with these bones making 29 in all Who said there are 28 cranial / facial bones? The cranial facial complex is composed of 22 bones. The other bones hyoid, malleus, incus, stapes etc. are not considered part of the cranial facial complex.
Yes, endochondral ossification is one of the processes through which cranial bones are formed. In this process, bone tissue is formed by replacing hyaline cartilage models that initially develop from mesenchymal cells. This mechanism contributes to the growth and development of cranial bones.
The area where two or more bones join together is called a joint. Joints allow for movement and provide stability to the skeletal system. Examples of joints include the knee, elbow, and shoulder.
There are 22 bones in the cranium. The bones consists of the facial bones and cranium bones. The only movable bone of the skull is the mandible.
There are 29 bones in the human head. They consist of 8 cranial bones, 14 facial bones, the hyoid bone, and 6 auditory (ear) bones. The 8 cranial bones are the frontal, 2 parietal, occipital, 2 temporal, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones. The 14 facial bones are the 2 maxilla, mandible, 2 zygoma, 2 lacrimal, 2 nasal, 2 turbinate, vomer and 2 palate bones. The hyoid bone is horseshoe-shaped bone at the base of the tongue. The 6 auditory ossicles (little bones) are the malleus, incus and stapes in each ear.
Fontanelles or Fontanel (soft spots)
sutures
Sutural or Wormian bones.
Sutural bones or Wormian bones.
Cranial bones are bones of the head, tarsal bones are bones of the feet.
suture
space
Cranial bones join at sutures.
There are 8 cranial bones in the human skull. They include the frontal bone, parietal bones, temporal bones, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, and ethmoid bone.
Wormian or sutural bones are located in sutures between certain cranial bones.
the 8 cranial bones
Sutures are a type of fibrous joint that only occur between bones of the skull, or cranial bones and allow only tiny amounts of movement. The bone edges interlock and the gaps are filled with tissue fibres (hence the name fibrous joints). During middle age, the tissue fibres ossify (become bones) so that the skull bones fuse into one single unit. The immovable nature of sutures helps protect the brain, as any movement of the cranial bones would damage the brain. But to answer the actual question that is asked, it is a synarthroses.