Osteology

Skull, inferior close-up view, area of petrous part of temporal bone

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Osteology

Skull, inferior close-up view, area of petrous part of temporal bone

1. Sphenoid process palatine bone
2. Lateral plate of pterygoid process
3. Pterygoid fossa
4. Medial plate of pterygoid process
5. Ala of vomer
6. Sphenooccipital fissure
7. Foramen lacerum
8. Lingula of sphenoid
9. Basal part occipital bone
10. Inferior surface of temporal bone
11. Petro-occipital fissure
12. Occipital condyle
13. Foramen magnum
14. Mandibular foramen
15. Infratemporal surface of sphenoid bone
16. Sphenosquamous suture
17. Angle of mandible
18. Foramen ovale
19. Foramen spinosum
20. Petrotympanic fissure
21. Styloid process
22. Carotid canal
23. Tympanic canaliculus
24. Mastoid canaliculus (partially obscured by posterior wall of jugular fossa)
25. Canaliculus chordae tympani
26. Stylomastoid foramen
27. Jugular fossa
28. External aperture of cochlear canaliculi