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

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Osteology

Sphenoid bone, posterolateral view

1 .	Parietal angle
2 .	Lesser wing
3 .	Optic foramen
4 .	Tuberculum sellae
5 .	Anterior clinoid process
6 .	Superior orbital fissure
7 .	Sulcus for recurrent meningeal branch of lacrimal artery
8 .	Parietal angle
9 .	Temporal surface
10 .	Zygomatic margin
11 .	Cerebral surface
12 .	Foramen rotundum
13 .	Squamous margin
14 .	Foramen ovale
15 .	Angular spine
16 .	Pterygoid process
17 .	Greater wing
18 .	Posterior clinoid process
19 .	Dorsum sellae
20 .	Sella turcica
21 .	Clivus
22 .	Sulcus for abducens nerve
23 .	Body
24 .	Carotid sulcus
25 .	Lingula
26 .	Lateral plate of pterygoid process
27 .	Medial plate of pterygoid process