Skull (Facial Bones) Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• facial : the name for the group of bones that make up a beautiful person’s “money maker”
• fourteen : the total number of facial bones
• mandible : the only bone that isn’t fused to its neighbors; often found separated from the other parts of the skull in a skeleton
• mental protuberance : (two words) the location of a possible butt on your face (buzz lightyear has a swirl on his)
• dental alveoli : (two words) the sockets where your teeth live
• maxilla : this bone would be where a swanky mustache would grow
• hard palate : (two words) what the maxilla and palatine bone come together to create in the mouth
• zygomatic : the scientific name for the bone that is angelina jolie’s most prominent feature as maleficent
• nasal : the bones you pinch when you’re frustrated
• lacrimal : these bones cradle the sac that makes your nose sniffly when you cry
• vomer : this bone sounds like a famous simpsons character, but is a slender version in your nose
• inferior nasal conchae : (three words) this is another conch shaped bone that helps form the nasal cavity, but is the “worst” of the three
• hyoid : this horny bone isn’t part of the skull, but is associated with it by connecting ligaments