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The skull is made up of 22 (21) bones, including: 8 cranial bones: 1x Ethmoid, 1x Frontal, 1x Occipital, 2x Parietal, 1x Sphenoid, 2x Temporal. 14 (13) facial bones: 2x Lacrimal, 2x Nasal, 2x Palatine, 1x Vomer, 2x Inferior Conchae, 2x Zygomatic, 1x Mandible and 2x Maxilla (some count is one bone). Many of these bones are fused together at lines called sutures.

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There are 8 bones in the cranium and 14 bones in the face, totaling 22 bones in the skull.

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