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Osteology

Roentgenogram, sphenoid bone, inferosuperior view

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Osteology
Roentgenogram, sphenoid bone, inferosuperior view
1 . Parietal angle (articular surface for parietal bone)
2 . Greater wing
3 . Foramen rotundum
4 . Squamous margin
5 . Foramen ovale (incomplete medially)
6 . Foramen spinosum (incomplete medially)
7 . Angular spine
8 . Posterior wall of sella turcica
9 . Body
10 . Zygomatic margin
11 . Orbital surface
12 . Rostrum of sphenoid
13 . Sphenoidal sinus (smaller than usual)
14 . Optic foramen
15 . Lesser wing
16 . Anterior clinoid process
17 . Dorsum sellae & posterior clinoid process
18 . Pterygoid process