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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Skull, right lateral view

Image #35-1

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints, Overview.

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Osteology
Skull, right lateral view
  1. Parietal bone
  2. Superior temporal line
  3. Inferior temporal line
  4. Squamous suture
  5. Sphenosquamous suture
  6. Temporal bone (squamous part)
  7. Lambdoidal suture
  8. Occipital bone (squamous part)
  9. Intersutural bone
  10. Occipitomastoid suture
  11. External occipital protuberance (unusually prominent)
  12. Upper pointer: External acoustic meatus (tympanic prominence visible in interior) Lower pointer: Condylar process of mandible
  13. Mastoid process
  14. Styloid process
  15. Occipital condyle
  16. Lateral plate of pterygoid process
  17. Upper pointer: Coronoid process of mandible Lower pointer: Ramus of mandible
  18. Coronal suture
  19. Frontal bone (squamous part)
  20. Sphenoparietal suture
  21. Sphenofrontal suture
  22. Greater wing of sphenoid
  23. Zygomaticofrontal suture
  24. Frontolacrimal suture
  25. Lacrimomaxillary suture
  26. Fossa of lacrimal sac
  27. Nasomaxillary suture
  28. Sphenozygomatic suture
  29. Zygomatic arch (pointer indicates zygomaticotemporal suture)
  30. Zygomaticomaxillary suture
  31. Zygomatic bone
  32. Anterior nasal spine
  33. First molar
  34. Body of mandible (pointer near mental foramen)