Skull & Mandible
THINGS TO KNOW

Sutures
Coronal 
Lambdoidal 
Squamosal
Sagittal 
Basilar

Bones
Frontal 
Maxilla 
Mandible
Zygomatic 
Sphenoid 
Temporal
Parietal 
Occipital 
Nasal
Lacrimal 
Ethmoid 

Major Landmarks
Bregma 
Glabella 
Mandibular Angle
Optic Canal 
Mental Protuberance/eminence
Supraorbital Foramen 
Supraorbital Notch/Frontal Notch 
Genial Tubercles
Temporal Line  (superior/inferior) 
Mandibular Ramus/Ascending Ramus
Groove for the Middle Meningeal Vessels 
Parietal Foramen Mylohyoid Groove
Mastoid Process 
Coronoid Process
Temporomandibular Joint
Mandibular Condyle
External Auditory Meatus
Petrous portion
Zygomatic Process of the temporal bone
External Occipital Protuberance
Nuchal Crest
Occipital condyles
Foramen Magnum
Lambda
Styloid Process
Hypoglossal Canal
Lacrimal Canal
Vomer
Inferior Nasal Concha
Greater Wings of the Sphenoid
Infraorbital foramen
Palate
Palatine fossa
Palatine torus
Zygomatic Process of the Maxilla
Alveolar portion
Mental Foramen
Mandibular Body

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