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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Skull, midsagittal section

Image #36-4

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints, Face, Mouth, Overview.

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Osteology
Skull, midsagittal section
  1. Parietal bone
  2. Greater wing of sphenoid & sphenoparietal suture
  3. Squamous suture &temporal bone (squamous part)
  4. Occipital bone (squamous part)
  5. Lambdoidal suture
  6. Sulcus for posterior branch of middle meningeal artery
  7. Petrosal part of temporal bone & internal acoustic meatus
  8. Occipitomastoid suture
  9. Sigmoid sulcus
  10. Foramen magnum (lateral margin)
  11. Hypoglossal canal
  12. Occipital condyle
  13. Basi occiput
  14. Pterygoid process sphenoid bone and choana
  15. Mandibular foramen
  16. Horizontal plate palatine bone
  17. Mylohyoid sulcus
  18. Mandible
  19. Mylohyoid line
  20. Coronal suture
  21. Frontal bone (squamous part)
  22. Sulcus for anterior branch of middle meningeal artery
  23. Frontal sinus
  24. Nasion
  25. Nasal bone
  26. Crista gall & lamina cribrosa
  27. Superior nasal concha (visible through opening in nasal septum)
  28. Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone (partially cut away posteriorly)
  29. Sphenoid sinus
  30. Vomer
  31. Inferior nasal concha
  32. Nasal incisura
  33. Palatine process of maxilla
  34. Alveolar process of maxilla