YOUR SKULL

How has our skull changed since we were a baby?

All babies are born with spaces between the bones in their skulls. This allows the bones to move and overlap as the baby goes through the birth canal. As the baby grows, the space between the bones slowly closes up and disappears, and special joints called sutures connect the bones.

Sutures

A seamlike immovable junction between two bones, such as those of the skull.

FACTS ABOUT THE SKULL

• The skull has 22 bones
• The skull contains small holes, called foramina, that allow blood vessels and nerves to enter and exit the cranium.
• There are some forensic differences in adult male and female human skulls. Male skulls tend to be heavier, larger and thicker than female skulls. Female skulls are more rounded and the mandible protrudes less.
• The skull is a emblem of death.
• The dance of death, which portrayed man and women of all classes dancing with a skeleton.
• In the 20th century the Nazis adopted the human skull and crossbones, called Death's Head.

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