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Anterior view of the sphenoid bone

Anterior view of the sphenoid bone — Osteology
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After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Anterior view of the sphenoid bone. Anterior view of the skull.

Region
skull
Structure
sphenoid bone
View
anterior
System
bone
Focus
sphenoid bone, greater wing of sphenoid, lesser wing of sphenoid, pterygoid process

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Frontal border
  • Foramen rotundum
  • Aperture of sphenoidal sinus
  • Sphenoidal turbinated bone
  • Sphenoidal crest
  • Lesser wing
  • Superior orbital fissure
  • Orbital surface of greater wing
  • Malar border
  • Temporal surface of greater wing
  • Infratemporal surface
  • Infratemporal ridge
  • Sphenomaxillary surface
  • Spinous process
  • Internal pterygoid plate
  • Ptery- goid canal
  • Basisphenoidal canal Pterygopalatine canal
  • Pterygopalatine groove
  • External pterygoid plate
  • Pterygoid fissure
  • Hamular process

Source: After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911). Public domain (Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy, 1906-1911), modernized rendering.