The Human Skull

The skull is the part of the skeleton that covers and protects the brain and other sense organs. The human skull is composed of 22 types of bones. These bones are separated into two categories, the bones the form the cranium and facial bones

The section of the brain that holds the brain is known as the cranium. The cranium is made up of eight flat bones that are connected. The cranium bones form the forehead and eye socket and the back of the skull.

The facial bones include fourteen bones, the majority of them symmetrical to give the face symmetry. The facial bones include bones such as the maxilla, which is the upper jaw and the nasal bone.

Joints known as sutures hold the bones together. At birth, the bones are not fully fused together, making the skull flexible. As a person grows, the bones of the cranium are fully fused together.

The Human Skull

The Human Skull

The Human Skull

The Human Skull

The Human Skull

The Human Skull