Osteology
Sphenoid bone, superior view
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Osteology
Sphenoid bone, superior view
- Parietal angle
- Greater wing
- Sphenoidal jugum
- Optic foramen & chiasmatic sulcus
- Anterior clinoid process
- Foramen rotundum
- Tuberculum sellae
- SeIla turcica
- Dorsum sellae
- Angular spine
- Body
- Lesser wing
- Sphenoidal crest
- Superior orbital fissure
- Posterior clinoid process
- Foramen ovale
- Foramen spinosum
- Lingula of sphenoid
- Carotid sulcus
- Clivus
- Sulcus for abducens nerve