Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy
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- Abdomen See All
- Overview 33
- Adrenal Gland 29
- Bones Cartilage Joints 4
- Central Nervous System 2
- Fascia 16
- Gallbladder 27
- Kidney 29
- Large Intestine 14
- Liver 29
- Lymphatics 12
- Muscles & Tendons 55
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- Peripheral Nervous System 56
- Small Intestine 11
- Spleen 29
- Stomach 15
- Vasculature 70
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- Bones Joints Cartilage 34
- Central Nervous System 22
- Cervical Region 42
- Lumbar Region 52
- Muscles & Tendons 40
- Meninges 5
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- Sacral Region 37
- Thoracic Region 55
- Vasculature 17
- Vertebral Column 107
- Head See All
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- Bones Cartilage Joints 176
- Brain 225
- Cerebellum 51
- Cheek 41
- Connective Tissue 49
- Diencephalon 71
- Ear 37
- Exocrine & Endocrine 15
- Eye 62
- Face 153
- Frontal Lobe 22
- Medulla 32
- Meninges 23
- Midbrain 54
- Mouth 63
- Muscles & Tendons 70
- Nose 20
- Occipital Lobe 21
- Parietal Lobe 20
- Peripheral Nervous System 126
- Pons 37
- Scalp 16
- Telencephalon 134
- Temporal Lobe 28
- Vasculature 131
- Ventricules 61
- Female Pelvis See All
- Overview 1
- Anal Canal 6
- Bones Joints Cartilage 48
- Central Nervous System 26
- External Genitalia 9
- Large Intestine 6
- Muscles& Tendons 57
- Ovary 18
- Perineum 11
- Peripheral Nervous System 20
- Urinary Tract 14
- Uterus 16
- Vagina 14
- Vasculature 40
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- Ankle 42
- Bones Joints Cartilage 75
- Fascia 19
- Foot & Toes 78
- Knee 22
- Leg 41
- Muscles & Tendons 152
- Peripheral Nervous System 80
- Thigh 58
- Vasculature 53
- Male Pelvis See All
- Anal Canal 2
- Bones Joints Cartilage 33
- Central Nervous System 10
- Large Intestine 2
- Muscles & Tendons 37
- Perineum 3
- Peripheral Nervous System 14
- Prostate 2
- Urinary Tract 6
- Vasculature 33
- Neck See All
- Overview 13
- Bones Cartilage Joints 35
- Central Nervous System 9
- Cervical Vertebrae 23
- Esophagus 5
- Exocrine & Endocrine 20
- Fascia & Connective Tissue 37
- Lymphatics 9
- Meninges 5
- Muscles & Tendons 54
- Peripheral Nervous System 55
- Pharynx 17
- Throat 51
- Trachea 2
- Vasculature 47
- Pelvis See All
- Overview 2
- Anal Canal 6
- Bones Joints Cartilage 44
- Central Nervous System 27
- External Genitalia 10
- Female 1
- Large Intestine 6
- Muscles & Tendons 57
- Ovary 18
- Perineum 10
- Peripheral Nervous System 20
- Urinary Tract 14
- Uterus 16
- Vagina 14
- Vasculature 46
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- Overview 7
- Bones Joints Cartilage 33
- Breast 7
- Central Nervous System 6
- Diaphragm 8
- Esophagus 10
- Fascia & Connective Tissue 12
- Heart 46
- Left Heart 33
- Left Lung 21
- Lung 39
- Lymphatics 9
- Mediastinum 23
- Muscles & Tendons 28
- Pericardial Sac 25
- Peripheral Nervous System 32
- Pleura 11
- Rib Cage 16
- Right Heart 31
- Right Lung 17
- Skin 2
- Thymus 2
- Vasculature 43
- Vertebral Column 20
Osteology
Skull and mandible, inferior view
Image #35-6
KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints, Overview.
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Osteology
Skull and mandible, inferior view
The anteroposterior diameter of the foramen magnum is unusually large in this skull. The view of the occipital bone (41-2) demonstrates the more common shape of this opening.
- Zygomaticomaxillary suture
- Mandible
- Greater palatine foramen
- Zygomatic arch
- Posterior border of vomer bone
- Foramen ovale
- Foramen spinosum
- Petrosal part of temporal bone
- Styloid process
- External acoustic meatus
- Stylomastoid foramen
- Mastoid process
- Occipitomastoid suture
- Nasal bone
- Infraorbital foramen
- Body of maxilla
- Median palatine suture & Palatine process of maxilla
- Horizontal plate & Sphenoid.process palatine bone
- Coronoid process
- Pterygoid hamulus
- Lateral plate of pterygoid process
- Medial plate of pterygoid process
- Body sphenoid bone
- Foramen lacerum (lingula of sphenoid bone seen crossing this opening)
- Basal part occipital bone
- Petrooccipital fissure
- Carotid canal
- Jugular fossa
- Occipital condyle
- Sagittal suture (visible through foramen magnum)
- Mastoid foramen
- External occipital crest (unusually prominent)