Osteology

Interior of base of skull; cribriform plate

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Osteology

Interior of base of skull; cribriform plate

cribriform plate

1. Upper pointer: Ethmoidal fissure Lower pointer: Groove for anterior ethmoidal artery & nerve
2. Orbital part of frontal bone
3. Cribriform plate
4. Frontoethmoidal suture
5. Posterior etlunoidal foramen
6. Sphenofrontal suture
7. Frontal suture (metopic suture) & foramen caecum
8. Crista galli
9. Crista of sphenoid bone