L4.8.1.1.2: Lateral View of the Skull

• LATERAL VIEW OF THE SKULL

  
  

  CRANIAL BONES

  Frontal bone

  Parietal bone

  Temporal bone

  • Inferior to the parietal bone

  Occipital bone

  • Posterior bone of the cranium that forms the base and back of the skull
• LATERAL VIEW OF THE SKULL

  FACIAL BONES

  • External acoustic meatus
  • Mastoid process
  • Styloid process
  • Zygomatic process
  • Mandibular ramus
• External acoustic meatus

  • canal that leads to the eardrum andmiddle ear where sound enters
• Mastoid process

  • rough projection posterior and anterior to the external acoustic meatus that provides attachment for some neck muscles
• Styloid process

  • sharp needle-like projection inferior to the external acoustic meatus serving the same function as mastoid process
• ANTERIOR FACIAL BONES THAT CAN ALSO BE SEEN ON THE LATERAL VIEW

  ● Sphenoid

  ● Ethmoid

  ● Lacrimal

  ● Nasal

  ● Zygomatic bone

  ● Mandible

  ● Maxilla