Ninth Ward redirects here. For other uses, see Ninth Ward (disambiguation). The Ninth Ward or 9th Ward is a distinctive region of New Orleans, Louisiana, which is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city. It is geographically the largest of the seventeen Wards of New Orleans. On the south, the Ninth Ward is bounded by the Mississippi River.
The bones of the skull are as follows. Frontal bone, parietal bone, occipital bone, temporal bone, ethmoid bone, nasal bones, zygomatic bone, maxilla bone, and mandible bone.
The purpose of the bony skull is to protect the brain from injury. The skull is formed from 8 bones that fuse together along suture lines. These bones include the frontal, parietal (2), temporal (2), sphenoid, occipital and ethmoid (Fig.