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*Temporal part provides the muscle attachments for the temporalis muscle
 
*Temporal part provides the muscle attachments for the temporalis muscle
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===Parietal Bone===
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===Parietal Bone (os parietale)===
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===Ethmoid Bone===
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*Paired
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===Nasal Bone===
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*Forms the dorsolateral wall of the cranium
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===Lacrimal Bone===
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*Occipital bone caudally
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===Zygomatic Bone===
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*Frontal bone rostrally
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===Maxilla===
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*Composed of a pareital plane, temporal plane and a nuchal plane (in the ox)
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*Internally the grooves and ridges correspond with the gyri and sulci of the brain
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*Interpareital bone between the occipital bone and the pareital bone
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**Fuses with age
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===Ethmoid Bone (os ethmoidale)===
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*
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===Nasal Bone (os nasale)===
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===Lacrimal Bone (os lacrimale)===
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===Zygomatic Bone (os zygomaticum)===
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===Incisive Bone===
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===Incisive Bone (os incisivium)===
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===Palatine Bone===
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===Palatine Bone (os palatinum)===
    
===Vomer===
 
===Vomer===
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===Pterygoid Bone===
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===Pterygoid Bone (os pterygoideum)===
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===Maxilla===
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===Mandible===
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===Mandible (mandibula)===
    
==Foramen==
 
==Foramen==
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*Dorsal margin of orbit formed by the orbital ligament which is ossified
 
*Dorsal margin of orbit formed by the orbital ligament which is ossified
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*Interpareital bone does not fuse entirely in the adult
 
[[Image:Horse Skeleton.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Horse Skeleton - Copyright Nottingham]]
 
[[Image:Horse Skeleton.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Horse Skeleton - Copyright Nottingham]]
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*Weak external sagittal crest arises from nuchal crest
 
*Weak external sagittal crest arises from nuchal crest
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*Internal sagittal crest on the internal surface of the pareital bone
    
*Long skull length
 
*Long skull length
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[[Image:Pig skull.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Pig skull showing tusks - Copyright RVC]]
 
[[Image:Pig skull.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Pig skull showing tusks - Copyright RVC]]
 
===Porcine===
 
===Porcine===
*Thick nucal crests
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*Thick nucal crest
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*Internal sagittal crest on the internal surface of the pareital bone
    
*Prominent temporal line
 
*Prominent temporal line
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