The skull is a bony structure which supports and guide the face, it also forms as a protective cavity for the brain.It is consist so many bones,which are formed by intramembranous ossification,and joined by sutures called (fibrous joints).
The skull on it owns as alot of functions,but let look at the main function of the bones of the skull according to expertise, along with the surrounded meninges,is to provide protection and structure Protection to the brain (cerebellum, cerebrum, brainstem) and to the orbits of the eye, automatically it provides an anchor for tendinous and muscular attachments of the muscles of the scalp and to the face too
The skull on it own has a lot of weakness that is why it is advisable to protect our head as a whole,but the pterion us said to be the weakest part of the skull.The anterior division of the middle meningeal artery runs underneath the pterion.