The face is more extensive than the cranium in most of the domestic animals. Some of these bones involved in the formation of nasal cavity.
The facial bones are named as following –
- Nasal bone
- Premaxilla bone
- Maxilla bone
- Palatine bone
- Pterygoid bone
- Lacrimal bone
- Malar bone or Zygomatic bone
- Turbinate bone
- Vomer bone
- Mandible bone
- Hyoid bone
Vomer, Mandible and Hyoid bones are single bones and remaining facial bones are paired.