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Osteology

Sphenoid bone, superior view

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Osteology
Sphenoid bone, superior view
  1. Parietal angle
  2. Greater wing
  3. Sphenoidal jugum
  4. Optic foramen & chiasmatic sulcus
  5. Anterior clinoid process
  6. Foramen rotundum
  7. Tuberculum sellae
  8. SeIla turcica
  9. Dorsum sellae
  10. Angular spine
  11. Body
  12. Lesser wing
  13. Sphenoidal crest
  14. Superior orbital fissure
  15. Posterior clinoid process
  16. Foramen ovale
  17. Foramen spinosum
  18. Lingula of sphenoid
  19. Carotid sulcus
  20. Clivus
  21. Sulcus for abducens nerve