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Bassett Collection of Stereoscopic Images of Human Anatomy

Osteology

Right palate bone, lateral view

Image #44-5

KEYWORDS: Bones cartilage joints, Face.

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Osteology
Right palate bone, lateral view
The maxillary process (12) of this specimen is unusually well developed.
  1. Sphenopalatine incisure
  2. Sphenoid process
  3. Perpendicular part
  4. Pterygopalatine sulcus
  5. Posterior nasal spine
  6. Horizontal plate
  7. Surface forming part of pterygoid fossa
  8. Pyramidal process (articular surface for pterygoid process sphenoid bone)
  9. Area of orbital process forming part of the orbital floor
  10. Orbital process
  11. Maxillary surface
  12. Maxillary process