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

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Osteology

Sphenoid bone, anterior view

1 .	Greater wing
2 .	Lesser wing
3 .	Frontal margin
4 .	Orbital surface
5 .	Zygomatic margin
6 .	Aperture of sphenoidal sinus
7 .	Sphenoidal crest
8 .	Foramen rotundum
9 .	Upper pointer: Sphenomaxillary surface Lower pointer: Rostrum of sphenoid
10 .	Upper pointer: Medial plate of pterygoid process Lower pointer: Pterygopalatine sulcus
11 .	Articular surface for pyramidal process of palatine bone
12 .	Pterygoid fissure
13 .	Groove (often a foramen) for recurrent meningeal branch of lacrimal artery
14 .	Location of optic foramen
15 .	Superior orbital fissure
16 .	Temporal fossa
17 .	Articular surface for ethmoid bone
18 .	Sphenoidal concha
19 .	Infratemporal fossa
20 .	Pterygoid canal
21 .	Processus vaginalis
22 .	Angular spine
23 .	Lateral plate of pterygoid process
24 .	Pterygoid hamulus