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Which are the cranial and facial bones(also the no. of each bones)?
The skull consists of 8 cranial bones and 14 facial bones. A total of 22 bones.

The eight cranial bones are:
Ethmoid bone     -     1
Frontal bone       -       1
Occipetal bone    -      1
Parietal bone        -      2
Sphenoid bone       -     1
Temporal bone       -     2
                                                 Total                       -    8
There are 14 facial bones:
                                                   Inferior Nasal conchae -2
Lacrimal bones   -    2
Mandible            -    1
Maxillae             -     2
Nasal bone        -      2
Palatine bone     -       2
Vomer                -       1
 Zygomatic bones   -        2
   Total        -             14


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