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Sphenoid bone, superior and posterior surfaces

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

About this plate

Sphenoid bone, superior and posterior surfaces. Posterior view of the skull.

Region
skull
Structure
sphenoid bone
View
posterior
System
bone, cranial nerves
Focus
sphenoid bone, greater wing of sphenoid, lesser wing of sphenoid, pterygoid process

Structures labelled on this plate

  • Anterior clinoid process
  • Posterior clinoid process
  • Notch for abducent nerve
  • Superior orbital fissure
  • Small
  • Dorsum Sellae
  • Wings
  • Great
  • Foramen rotundum
  • Scaphoid fossa
  • Pterygoid fossa
  • Spina angularis
  • Pterygoid canal
  • Lateral pterygoid lamina
  • Medial pterygoid lamina
  • Hamulus
  • Vaginal process
  • Rostrum

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