Superior View of the Skull

Superior View of the Skull:

In this section we will look at the parts of Frontal, Parietal and Occipital bones as seen from superiorly. These bones make up the Calva of the skull (superior part of calvaria).

At the front, the frontal bone articulates with the paired parietal bone (at the coronal suture). The parietal bones articulate with one another at the midline via sagittal suture and posteriorly with the occipital bone at the lambdoid suture.

The paired parietal foramen on each side of the parietal bone can be seen just lateral to the sagittal suture. The junction of sagittal and coronal suture is called Bregma.