| Facial bones | |
|---|---|
 The fourteen bones that form the human facial skeleton | |
 The fourteen facial bones. (Neurocranium is shown in semi-transparent.)
Blue: Vomer (1)
Yellow: Maxilla (2)
Purple: Mandible (1)
Pink: Nasal bones (2)
Red: Palatine bones (2)
Bright blue: Lacrimal bones (2)
Dark green: Zygomatic bones (2)
Bright green: Inferior nasal concha (2) | |
| Details | |
| Part of | Face, skeleton |
| Identifiers | |
| Latin | ossa faciei, ossa facialia |
| MeSH | D005147 |
| TA2 | 356 |
| Anatomical terms of bone | |
The facial skeleton comprises the facial bones that may attach to build a portion of the skull.[1] The remainder of the skull is the neurocranium.
In human anatomy and development, the facial skeleton is sometimes called the membranous viscerocranium, which comprises the mandible and dermatocranial elements that are not part of the braincase.
- ^ Jinkins, J. Randy (2000). Atlas of Neuroradiologic Embryology, Anatomy, and Variants. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 458. ISBN 0-7817-1652-7. Retrieved 24 August 2017.