Bassett Collection Large Image - Lane Medical Library, Stanford University Medical Center

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Osteology

Interior of base of skull; middle cranial fossa

1 .	Orbital part of frontal bone &sphenofrontal suture
2 .	Lesser wing sphenoid bone
3 .	Greater wing of sphenoid
4 .	Optic foramen
5 .	Superior orbital fissure
6 .	Anterior clinoid process
7 .	Foramen rotundum
8 .	Sphenoid body bone
9 .	Posterior clinoid process
10 .	Foramen lacerum
11 .	Carotid canal
12 .	Petrosal part of temporal bone
13 .	Temporal fossa
14 .	Zygomatic arch
15 .	Sphenosquamous suture
16 .	Temporal bone (squamous part)
17 .	Foramen of Vesalius
18 .	Foramen ovale
19 .	Foramen spinosum
20 .	Hiatus facial canal