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Osteology

Skull, anterior view

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Osteology
Skull, anterior view
A supraorbital foramen occurs on the right, a supraorbital notch on the left. Note that within the notch there is a small superciliary canal which extends into the frontal bone. This canal gives passage to a small nutrient artery, an emissary vein, and a nerve filament. The deviation of the bony nasal septum is not unusual.
  1. Frontal bone (squamous part)
  2. Superciliary arch
  3. Supraorbital foramen
  4. Temporal fossa
  5. Orbital surface of frontal bone
  6. Frontomaxillary suture
  7. Frontal process of maxilla
  8. Nasomaxillary suture
  9. Orbital surface of maxilla
  10. Middle nasal concha
  11. Infraorbital foramen
  12. Bony nasal septum
  13. Inferior nasal concha
  14. Neck of condylar process of mandible
  15. Coronoid process of mandible
  16. Mastoid process
  17. Canine
  18. Angle of mandible
  19. Mental foramen
  20. Nasofrontal suture & Nasal bone
  21. Frontal incisura
  22. Zygomaticofrontal suture
  23. Superior orbital fissure
  24. Optic foramen
  25. Orbital surface of the greater wing of the sphenoid and Sphenozygomatic suture
  26. Inferior orbital fissure
  27. Zygomatic bone
  28. Zygomaticomaxillary suture & Zygomatic process of maxilla
  29. Anterior nasal spine
  30. Styloid process (temporal bone)
  31. Intermaxillary suture
  32. Ramus of mandible
  33. Body of mandible
  34. Mental protuberance