Question

Number of bones in skull is :-

• A. 22
• B. 18
• C. 107
• D. 29

Answer 1

The correct option is A 22

The skull or the cranium is made up of 22 bones. Some of these bones are paired, while others are not. Out of these 22 bones, 8 are the cranial bones and 14 are the facial bones. The cranial bones are- Two parietal bones, two temporal bones, one ethmoid bone, one frontal bone, one occipital bone, and one sphenoid bone. And the facial bones include two inferior nasal conchae, two lacrimal bones, two maxillae, two nasal bones, two palatine bones, two zygomatic bones, one mandible, and one vomer.

So, the correct answer is '22''.