Osteology

Interior of base of skull; middle cranial fossa

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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