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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Interior of base of skull; middle cranial fossa

Image #36-7

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints.

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Osteology
Interior of base of skull; middle cranial fossa
  1. Orbital part of frontal bone &sphenofrontal suture
  2. Lesser wing sphenoid bone
  3. Greater wing of sphenoid
  4. Optic foramen
  5. Superior orbital fissure
  6. Anterior clinoid process
  7. Foramen rotundum
  8. Sphenoid body bone
  9. Posterior clinoid process
  10. Foramen lacerum
  11. Carotid canal
  12. Petrosal part of temporal bone
  13. Temporal fossa
  14. Zygomatic arch
  15. Sphenosquamous suture
  16. Temporal bone (squamous part)
  17. Foramen of Vesalius
  18. Foramen ovale
  19. Foramen spinosum
  20. Hiatus facial canal