Facial bones

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Facial bones
Facial bones
The skull from the front.
Latin ossa faciei, ossa facialia
Gray's subject #37 156
Dorlands/Elsevier b_18/12192464

The splanchnocranium or viscerocranium consists of part of skull that is derived from branchial arches. The facial bones are the bones of the anterior and lower human skull.

Most sources include:[1][2]

The hyoid is sometimes included, and sometimes excluded.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Skeletal System / Divisions of the Skeleton
  2. ^ facial+bone - Definition from Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary
  3. ^ b_18/12192464 at Dorland's Medical Dictionary

[edit] External links

 This anatomy article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
v • d • e
Bones of head and neck: the facial bones of the skull
Maxilla
Surfaces
Processes
Other
Zygomatic
Palatine
Fossae
Plates
Processes
Mandible
Minor/
nose