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Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces

Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces — Osteology
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After Gray's Anatomy (1918); modernized for Neuro.Wiki

About this plate

Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. Oblique view of the skull.

Region
skull
Structure
sphenoid bone
View
oblique
System
bone, muscle
Focus
sphenoid bone, greater wing of sphenoid, pterygoid process, sphenoid sinus

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Artic. with perpendicular plate of ethmoid
  • Sphenoidal crest
  • Temporal Fossa
  • Orbital Surface of Great Wing
  • Sphenoidal concha
  • Sphenoid sinus
  • Artic. with zygomatic
  • TEMPORALIS
  • Infratemporal crest
  • Infra-temp. Fossa
  • Pterygoid
  • Vaginal proc
  • EXTERNUS
  • Lat. pterygoid plate
  • Pterygoid fissure
  • Pharyngeal canal
  • Groove for ala of vomer
  • Rostrum
  • Artic. with vomer
  • PTERYGOIDEUS
  • Tensor vel palatini
  • Medial pterygoid plate
  • Hamulus

Source: After Gray's Anatomy (1918). Public domain (Gray's Anatomy, 1918), modernized rendering.