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The skull is composed of the cranium and the facial bones. They are like all the other bones of the body, except they do not produce blood cells, like long bones and short bones.The cranial bones are flat bones such as the frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital bones. The facial bones are considered irregular-shaped bones and consist of; sphenoidal, lacrimal, and a few others.

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