Between the nasal bone and the maxilla runs the naso-maxillary suture

Palpation:

-        Palpate the temporo-mandibular joint directly anterior to the tragus of the ear (no film).

-        The temporo-zygomatic suture, a small furrow, is palpable about 3 finger’s width from the tragus at the temporo-zygomatic arch.

-        Place 2 fingers below the fronto-zygomatic suture along the orbit. From there the zygomatico-maxillary suture runs laterally and caudally

-        At the nasal portion of the frontal bone one can palpate the fronto-nasal suture.

-        Following that is the fronto-maxillary suture.

-        In the median line (midline) the inter-nasal suture is palpable

-        Between the nasal bone and the maxilla runs the naso-maxillary suture

-        Between the maxilla and the lacrimal bone runs the lacrimo-maxillary suture

-        Between the two maxillae you can palpate the inter-maxillary suture.

-        In 10 to 15% of the adults, the metopic suture can be palpated on the midline at the lower part of the squama of the frontal bone.

-        The transverse palatine suture runs between the maxilla and the palate bone.

-        Palpate the median palatine suture between the two maxillae in the median line from anterior to posterior.