04/27/2020
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:
Skull = 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
In the Basle nomenclature, certain bones developed in association with the nasal capsule, viz., the inferior nasal conchæ, the lacrimals, the nasals, and the vomer, are grouped as cranial and not as facial bones.
The hyoid bone, situated at the root of the tongue and attached to the base of the skull by ligaments, is described in this section.
Info: Gray's Anatomy
Art: Professional airbrush and bodypaint artist Lisa Berczel painted this bit of medical makeup for the International Make-Up Artist Trade Show in Los Angeles. Aside from some medical grade paper tape near the eye and brow blocking, this is all paint.