Facial Skeleton
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Description and Overview[edit | edit source]
The facial skeleton provides protection to the brain and to the special sense organs: sight, smell and taste. It is the foundation on which the facial muscles attach.
Structure[edit | edit source]
The facial skeleton consists of:
Frontal bone[edit | edit source]
This forms the forehead region of the face housing the frontal sinuses. It forms the roof of the ethmoid sinuses, nose and orbit (for the eye).
Zygoma[edit | edit source]
This forms the lateral rim and wall of the orbit, and forms the anterior zygomatic arch.
Maxilla[edit | edit source]
Nasal bones[edit | edit source]
The nasal bones are a pair of bones which form the upper part of the nasal cavity.
