Identify the articulations of each cranial bone. Identify and describe the location of pertinent anatomical landmarks of each cranial bone. The compact layers are called the inner and outer tables, respectively. The middle layer is termed diploe. This special structure along with the 3 layers of meninges and surrounding cerebrospinal fluid help to form a protective housing for the brain.
Sutures are fibrous, synarthrodial joints.
Lambdoidal - located between the parietal bones and the occipital. The superior portion of the occipital bone articulates with the parietal bones. It also articulates with the mastoid portion of the temporal bones on its inferior, lateral borders. The most anterior portion of the occipital bone, the basilar portion or clivus, joins with the body of the sphenoid bone on the inferior aspect of the skull. The posterior portion of the cribriform plate articulates with th sphendoid bone.