Examples of viscerocranium in the following topics:
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- The viscerocranium (face) includes these bones: vomer, 2 inferior nasal conchae, 2 nasals, maxilla, mandible, palatine, 2 zygomatics, and 2 lacrimals.
- The viscerocranium or facial bones supports
the soft tissue of the face.
- The viscerocranium consists of 14 individual bones that fuse together.
- The hyoid bone, ethmoid bone, and sphenoid bones are sometimes included in the viscerocranium.
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- The adult human skull is comprised of
twenty-two bones which are divided into two parts of differing embryological
origin: the neurocranium and the viscerocranium.
- The viscerocranium bones form the anterior
and lower regions of the skull and include the mandible, which attaches through
the only truly motile joint found in the skull.
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- The ethmoid bone forms the medial wall
of the orbit, the roof of the nasal cavity, and due to its central location it
articulates with numerous bones of the viscerocranium.