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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Skull, inferior close-up view, area of petrous part of temporal bone

Image #36-1

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints.

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Osteology
Skull, inferior close-up view, area of petrous part of temporal bone
  1. Sphenoid process palatine bone
  2. Lateral plate of pterygoid process
  3. Pterygoid fossa
  4. Medial plate of pterygoid process
  5. Ala of vomer
  6. Sphenooccipital fissure
  7. Foramen lacerum
  8. Lingula of sphenoid
  9. Basal part occipital bone
  10. Inferior surface of temporal bone
  11. Petro-occipital fissure
  12. Occipital condyle
  13. Foramen magnum
  14. Mandibular foramen
  15. Infratemporal surface of sphenoid bone
  16. Sphenosquamous suture
  17. Angle of mandible
  18. Foramen ovale
  19. Foramen spinosum
  20. Petrotympanic fissure
  21. Styloid process
  22. Carotid canal
  23. Tympanic canaliculus
  24. Mastoid canaliculus (partially obscured by posterior wall of jugular fossa)
  25. Canaliculus chordae tympani
  26. Stylomastoid foramen
  27. Jugular fossa
  28. External aperture of cochlear canaliculi