The human skull is the bony structure that forms the head in the human skeleton. It supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain. Like the skulls of other vertebrates, it protects the brain from injury.

The skull consists of three parts, of different embryological origin—the neurocranium, the sutures, and the facial skeleton (also called the membraneous viscerocranium). The neurocranium (or braincase) forms the protective cranial cavity that surrounds and houses the brain and brainstem. The upper areas of the cranial bones form the calvaria (skullcap). The membranous viscerocranium includes the mandible.

The sutures are fairly rigid joints between bones of the neurocranium.
The facial skeleton is formed by the bones supporting the face.

Bones
Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures—synarthrodial (immovable) joints formed by bony ossification, with Sharpey's fibres permitting some flexibility. Sometimes there can be extra bone pieces within the suture known as wormian bones or sutural bones. Most commonly these are found in the course of the lambdoid suture.

The human skull is generally considered to consist of twenty-two bones—eight cranial bones and fourteen facial skeleton bones. In the neurocranium these are the occipital bone, two temporal bones, two parietal bones, the sphenoid, ethmoid and frontal bones.

The bones of the facial skeleton are the vomer, two inferior nasal conchae, two nasal bones, two maxilla, the mandible, two palatine bones, two zygomatic bones, and two lacrimal bones. Some sources count a paired bone as one, or the maxilla as having two bones (as its parts); some sources include the hyoid bone or the three ossicles of the middle ear but the overall general consensus of the number of bones in the human skull is the stated twenty-two.

Some of these bones—the occipital, parietal, frontal, in the neurocranium, and the nasal, lacrimal, and vomer, in the facial skeleton are flat bones.

Cavities and foramina
The skull also contains sinuses, air-filled cavities known as paranasal sinuses, and numerous foramina. The sinuses are lined with respiratory epithelium. Their known functions are the lessening of the weight of the skull, the aiding of resonance to the voice and the warming and moistening of the air drawn into the nasal cavity.

The foramina are openings in the skull. The largest of these is the foramen magnum that allows the passage of the spinal cord as well as nerves and blood vessels.

Processes
The many processes of the skull include the mastoid process and the zygomatic processes.

VIC-104 Life-Size Skull
This life-size adult skull features a movable jaw, cut calvarium, suture lines and 3 removable lower teeth - incisor, cuspid and molar. Dissected into 3 parts.
Size: 19x15x21cm.
Packing: 18pcs/carton, 53x39x55cm, 18kgs

VIC-104B Life-Size Skull with Painted Muscles
Based on VIC-104D skull model, this model is painted to show the muscles. The left side of the skull shows the points of origin (red) and the points of insertion (blue) of the muscles.
Packing: 18pcs/carton, 49x45x54cm, 19kgs

VIC-104C Life-Size Skull with Colored Bones
This is advanced model of VIC-104 life-size skull, bones painted in different colors for precise study. Can be disassembled into 3 parts.
Size: 19x15x21CM.
Packing: 18pcs/carton, 53x39x55cm, 18kgs

VIC-104D Deluxe Life-Size Skull Style D
This new developed life-size skull features a movable jaw, cut calvarium and suture lines. Have a more obvious manifestations of bone. Can be disassembled into 3 parts. Made of PVC.
Packing: 18pcs/carton, 49x45x54cm, 19kgs

VIC-104E Skull Model with 8 Parts Brain
This model is based on VIC-104D, includes 8 parts brain: frontal and parietal lobe, temporal and occipital lobe, encephalic trunk and cerebellum.
Packing: 18pcs/carton, 49x45x54cm, 23kgs

VIC-135 Skull with Cervical Spine
This skull is flexibly mounted on a cervical spine. Also represent the hindbrain, spinal cord, cervical nerves, vertebral arteries, basilar artery and rear cerebral arteries.
Packing: 10pcs/carton, 74x43x29cm, 14kgs

VIC-106 Miniature Plastic Skull
This model shows the major structure of the different bones of the skull. The calvarium can be removed and the mandible is spring hanged to view the bone structures of the mouth.
Size: 10x8x10CM.
Packing: 32pcs/carton, 54x30x41cm, 9kgs

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