Facial Bones

Nasal

Small Paired bones that fuse to form the bridge of the nose.

Lacrimal

Paired bones, each about the size of a fingernail. They are the smallest bones in the face. Posterior and lateral to the Nasal bones.

Mandible

Lower jaw bone. It is the largest and strongest of the facial bones and is the only moveable skull bone.

Turbinator

Bottom of the nasal cavity.

Hyoid

Suspended from the temporal bone between the mandible and the larynx.

Palatine

Paired L-shaped bones forming the posterior of the palate and part of the floor of the nasal cavity.

Maxilla

Paired bones forming the upper jaw. They also form part of the floor of the orbits, part of the roof of the mouth and part of the nasal cavity.

Zygomatic

Paired cheek bones that form the shape of the cheeks and part of the outer wall of the orbits.

Vomer

Inferior and posterior part of the nasal septum - the remainder is cartillage.