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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Sphenoid bone, posterior view

Image #42-4

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints.

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Osteology
Sphenoid bone, posterior view
  1. Cerebral surface
  2. Squamous margin
  3. Foramen rotundum
  4. Carotid sulcus
  5. Angular spine
  6. Scaphoid fossa
  7. Lateral plate of pterygoid process
  8. Pterygoid fossa
  9. Medial plate of pterygoid process
  10. Pterygoid hamulus
  11. Body (cut away from basal part occipital bone)
  12. Pterygoid process
  13. Parietal angle
  14. Lesser wing
  15. Superior orbital fissure
  16. Dorsum sellae
  17. Posterior clinoid process
  18. Optic foramen
  19. Greater wing
  20. Lingula
  21. Sulcus of auditory tube
  22. Pterygoid canal
  23. Pterygoid fissure