X CLOSE

Osteology

Skull, right lateral view

Stanford holds the copyright to the David L. Bassett anatomical images and has assigned Creative Commons license Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International to all of the images.
For additional information regarding use and permissions, please contact Dr. Drew Bourn at dbourn@stanford.edu.

Image #35-1
Bassett ImageDiagram Image
Legend Image
Osteology
Skull, right lateral view
1 . Parietal bone
2 . Superior temporal line
3 . Inferior temporal line
4 . Squamous suture
5 . Sphenosquamous suture
6 . Temporal bone (squamous part)
7 . Lambdoidal suture
8 . Occipital bone (squamous part)
9 . Intersutural bone
10 . Occipitomastoid suture
11 . External occipital protuberance (unusually prominent)
12 . Upper pointer: External acoustic meatus (tympanic prominence visible in interior) Lower pointer: Condylar process of mandible
13 . Mastoid process
14 . Styloid process
15 . Occipital condyle
16 . Lateral plate of pterygoid process
17 . Upper pointer: Coronoid process of mandible Lower pointer: Ramus of mandible
18 . Coronal suture
19 . Frontal bone (squamous part)
20 . Sphenoparietal suture
21 . Sphenofrontal suture
22 . Greater wing of sphenoid
23 . Zygomaticofrontal suture
24 . Frontolacrimal suture
25 . Lacrimomaxillary suture
26 . Fossa of lacrimal sac
27 . Nasomaxillary suture
28 . Sphenozygomatic suture
29 . Zygomatic arch (pointer indicates zygomaticotemporal suture)
30 . Zygomaticomaxillary suture
31 . Zygomatic bone
32 . Anterior nasal spine
33 . First molar
34 . Body of mandible (pointer near mental foramen)