Start by viewing an Introduction to the Osteology of the Skull, continue by exploring the Cranial Fossae, then learn about the different bones forming the skull (in alphabetical order):

- Frontal Bone
- Lacrimal Bone
- Mandible
- Maxilla
     1. Palatal Plate of the Maxilla
     2. Maxillary Tuberosity
- Nasal Bone
- Occipital Bone:
     1. External Occipital Protuberance
     2. Inferior Nuchal Line
     3. Occipital Condyle
     4. Pharyngeal Tubercle
     5. Superior Nuchal Line
- Palatine Bone
- Parietal Bone
- Sphenoid Bone:
     1. Hamulus
     2. Medial and Lateral Pterygoid Plates
     3. Spine
- Temporal Bone
     1. Mastoid Process of the Temporal
     2. Tympanic Portion of the Temporal
     3. Zygomatic Portion of the Temporal
     4. Squamous Portion of the Temporal
     5. Styloid Process
     6. Petrous Portion of the Temporal
- Vomer
- Zygomatic Bone

You can now study the foramina of the skull (in alphabetical order):

- Anterior  and  Posterior  Ethmoidal  Foramina
- Carotid Canal
- Condylar Canal
- External Auditory Meatus
- Foramen Cecum
- Foramen Lacerum
- Foramen Magnum
- Foramen Rotundum
- Foramen Ovale
- Foramen Spinosum
- Greater and Lesser Petrosal Grooves
- Greater Palatine Foramen
- Hypoglossal Canal
- Infraorbital Foramen
- Incisive Foramen
- Jugular Foramen
- Mental Foramen
- Mandibular Foramen
- Nasolacrimal Foramen
- Olfactory Foramina in Cribriform Plate
- Optic Canal
- Petrotampanic Fissure
- Posterior Superior Alveolar Foramina
- Posterior  and  Anterior  Ethmoidal  Foramina
- Pterygomaxillary Fissure
- Sphenopalatine Foramen
- Stylomastoid Foramen
- Superior and Inferior Orbital Fissures
- Supraorbital Foramen
- Zygomaticofacial Foramen
- Zygomaticotemporal Foramen

Other important features to know include the following (in alphabetical order):

- Coronal Suture
- Infratemporal Fossa
- Lambdoid Suture
- Mandibular Fossa
- Nasal Conchae (Inferior, Middle, Superior)
- Pterion
- Pterygopalatine Fossa
- Petrotympanic Fissure
- Sagittal Suture
- Superior and Inferior Orbital Fissures