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Sectioned temporal bone with mastoid air cells and carotid canal

Sectioned temporal bone with mastoid air cells and carotid canal — Osteology
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After Sobotta's Atlas of Human Anatomy (1906-1911); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Sectioned temporal bone with mastoid air cells and carotid canal. Superior view of the skull.

Region
skull
Structure
temporal bone
View
superior
System
bone, special sense
Focus
temporal bone, mastoid air cell system, middle ear cavity, carotid canal

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Mastoid cells
  • Arcuate eminence
  • Eminence for facial canal
  • Promontory
  • Carotid canal
  • Tympanic antrum
  • External orifice of carotid canal
  • External auditory meatus
  • Musculotubar canal

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