The Matron's Manual of Midwifery, and the Diseases of Women During Pregnancy and in Childbed / Being a Familiar and Practical Treatise, More Especially Intended for the Instruction of Females Themselves, but Adapted Also for Popular Use among Students and Practitioners of Medicine

by Frederick Hollick

The head is generally divided into the Cranium, or that part which contains the brain, and the Face.

The Bones of the Cranium.—These are seven in number, viz., two Frontal Bones, or those forming the forehead; 1, 1, Figs. 1 and 2, (Plate XXIV.)—Two Parietal bones, or those forming the sides of the head; 2, 2, Figs. 1 and 2.—The Occipital bone, or that forming the back of the head; 3, 3, Figs. 1 and 2.—And two Temporal bones, which lie over and between the ear and the eye; 4, Fig. 2.

The Bones of the Face.—These are five in number, viz., two Superior Maxillary, or upper jaw bones; 5, Fig. 2.—Two Malar, or cheek bones; 6, Fig. 2.—And one Inferior Maxillary, or lower jaw bone; 7, Fig. 2.

the fœtal head.

Plate XXIV.

The head is generally divided into the Cranium, or that part which contains the brain, and the Face.

The bones of the cranium are not closed together, as they are in the adult, but are separated to a considerable distance, in certain parts, and connected by a strong membrane. These membranous spaces are called Sutures and Fontanelles, and a knowledge of them is absolutely necessary, as a means of ascertaining the position of the head.