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The slide covers comprehensive content on <p>&bull;The <strong>skull (cranium), </strong>with its 22 bones, rests on the superior end of the vertebral column (backbone).</p> <p>&bull;The bones of the skull are grouped into two categories: cranial bones and facial bones.</p> <p>&bull;The <strong>cranial bones</strong> form the cranial cavity, which encloses and protects the brain.</p> <p>&bull;<strong>The eight cranial bones </strong><strong>are</strong>:</p> <p>&ndash; the frontal bone</p> <p>&ndash;two parietal bones</p> <p>&ndash;two temporal bones</p> <p>&ndash;the occipital bone</p> <p>&ndash;the sphenoid bone</p> <p>&ndash;the ethmoid bone</p> <p>&bull;</p> <p>&bull;<strong>Fourteen facial bones form the </strong><strong>face, are</strong>:</p> <p>&ndash;two nasal bones,</p> <p>&ndash;two maxillae (or maxillas),</p> <p>&ndash;two zygomatic bones,</p> <p>&ndash;the mandible,</p> <p>&ndash;two lacrimal bones,</p> <p>&ndash;two palatine bones,</p> <p>&ndash;two inferior nasal conchae, and</p> <p>&ndash;the vomer.</p> . You can play the slide in our in-built slide player or download for offline reading.