Skull - Bone Directory

Welcome to the skull bones section of the bone directory.  An adult human skull is made up of 22 bones which are listed below.  Click on the name of each bone and you will be taken to a page that describes that bone in great detail.

Bones of the Skull List

• CRANIAL BONES:
  • frontal bone
  • parietal bone -  2 of these
  • temporal bone -  2 of these
  • occipital bone
  • sphenoid bone
  • ethmoid bone
• FACIAL BONES:
  • zygomatic bone -  2 of these
  • superior and inferior maxilla
  • nasal bone -  2 of these
  • mandible
  • palatine bone -  2 of these
  • lacrimal bone -  2 of these
  • vomer bone
  • inferior nasal conchae -  2 of these