Temporal
The sphenoid bone does not directly articulate with the frontal bone, zygomatic bone, or the mandible.
The temporal bones articulate with the parietal bones superiorly, the sphenoid bone anteriorly, the occipital bone posteriorly, and the zygomatic bones laterally.
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 answer is found in Gray's Anatomy, posted online here:http://www.bartleby.com/107/35.html"The sphenoid articulates with twelve bones: four single, the vomer, ethmoid, frontal, and occipital; and four paired, the parietal, temporal, zygomatic, and palatine."
The zygomatic bone articulates with the frontal bone, maxilla bone, temporal bone, and sphenoid bone in the skull. These articulations help form the structure of the face and contribute to the overall stability of the skull.
The sphenoid, ethmoid, sacrum, coccyx, and mandible are all irregular bones.
The ribs are the bones located in the posterior thorax between the second and seventh vertebrae. These ribs articulate with the thoracic vertebrae in the back and form the rib cage that helps protect vital organs in the chest cavity.
A fetal skull has six fontanels: two anterior (sagittal and frontal) and four posterior (two squamous and two mastoid). These membranous gaps eventually close as the skull bones fuse together during infancy.
The maxillae contain the maxillary sinuses, the ethmoid and sphenoid contain the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses, respectively. ****Maxilla is a facial bone, the three cranial bones that contain sinuses are ethmoid, sphenoid and frontal.
sphenoid bone
The keystone of the facial bones is the maxilla, which forms the upper jaw and central part of the facial skeleton. It articulates with all other facial bones, providing structural support and forming the majority of the midface.
Sphenoid Bone:(from Greek sphenoeides, meaning "wedgelike") wedge like bone, one of the eight Cranial Bones. There are fourteen Facial Bones...