Skull (Cranial Bones) Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• cranium : a fun board game, but also the bones that keep your brain safe
• eight : the total number of cranial bones
• coronal : the suture where the parietal bones meet the frontal bone
• squamous : the suture where each parietal bone meets a temporal bone
• sagittal : the suture where the parietal bones meet each other
• lambdoid : the suture where the parietal bones meet the occipital bone; named because it resembles a specific greek letter
• glabella : having a large one of this gives you widely set eyebrows
• foram enmagnum : (two words) this “large hole” is where your brain connects with the spinal cord
• occipital condyles : (two words) these structures on the skull articulate with the facets on the first vertebra so you can nod your head “yes”
• temporomandibular : this joint is where the mandibular fossa from the temporal bone and the mandible come together; sometimes you experience jaw pain here
• mastoid : wearing a headband for a long time will cause pain on this process
• styloid : this needle-like process has a lot of style, and is the connection point between the skull and hyoid
• sphenoid : this is the “keystone” bone of the cranium, since it articulates with every other cranial bone; it’s bat-like in shape
• sella turcica : (two words) the “turkish saddle” that holds the pituitary gland
• ethmoid : this deep-set bone is only visible in the top half of the nose hole on a skull; it makes up a large part of the nasal cavity
• nasal conchae : (two words) curved like scrolls, these beach themed bones help form the cavity you smell with