Henry Gray (1825–1861). Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918.
5. The Skull
The skull is supported on the summit of the vertebral column, and is of an oval shape, wider behind than in front. It is composed of a series of flattened or irregular bones which, with one exception (the mandible), are immovably jointed together. It is divisible into two parts: (1) the cranium, which lodges and protects the brain, consists of eight bones, and (2) the skeleton of the face, of fourteen, as follows: 1Skull, 22 bones | Cranium, 8 bones | Occipital. |
Two Parietals. | ||
Frontal. | ||
Two Temporals. | ||
Sphenoidal. | ||
Ethmoidal. | ||
Face, 14 bones | Two Nasals. | |
Two Maxillæ. | ||
Two Lacrimals. | ||
Two Zygomatics. | ||
Two Palatines. | ||
Two Inferior Nasal Conchæ. | ||
Vomer. | ||
Mandible. |