BonesandLigaments
Plate6
Parietal bone
Mandibular notch
Head of condylar process
Temporal fossa
Fossa for
lacrimal sac
Superior temporal line
Inferior temporal line
Pterygoid hamulus
(of medial plate of
pterygoid process)
Sphenoidal bone
Greater wing
Frontal bone
Supra-orbital
notch (foramen)
Glabella
Ethmoidal bone
Orbital plate
Lacrimal bone
Nasal bone
Maxilla
Frontal process
Infra-orbital
foramen
Anterior
nasal spine
Alveolar process
Zygomatic bone
Zygomaticofacial
foramen
Temporal process
Zygomatic arch
Pterygomaxillary fissure
Inferior orbital fissure
Infratemporal surface of maxilla
Alveolar foramina
Tuberosity of maxilla
Pterygopalatine fossa
Sphenopalatine foramen
Coronal suture
Pterion
Temporal bone
Squamous part
Zygomatic process
Articular tubercle
Groove for posterior
deep temporal artery
Supramastoid crest
External acoustic
meatus
Mastoid process
Sutural (wormian)
bone
External
occipital
protuberance
(inion)
Asterion
Mandible
Coronoid process
Ramus
Oblique line
Body
Mental foramen
Sphenoidal bone
Greater wing
Infratemporal crest
Lateral plate of
pterygoid process
Temporal bone
External acoustic
meatus
Mandibular fossa
Articular tubercle
Styloid process
Foramen
ovale
Infratemporal fossa exposed by
removal of zygomatic arch and mandible*
*Superficially, mastoid process forms posterior boundary.
Lambdoid suture
Occipital bone
Skull:LateralView
See±also±
Plates 7, 8, 15
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