BonesandLigaments
Plate16
Spine of sphenoidal bone
Foramen spinosum
Foramen ovale
Sphenopalatine foramen
Pterygopalatine fossa
Choanae (posterior nares)
Lateral plate
Medial plate
Hamulus
of pterygoid
process
Tuberosity of maxilla
Infratemporal fossa
Alveolar process of maxilla
Pyramidal process of palatine bone
Superior nuchal line
Nasal septum
Choana (posterior nasal
aperture)
Mastoid foramen
Occipitomastoid
suture
Occipital condyle
Lateral pterygoid plate
Medial pterygoid plate
Pyramidal process of
palatine bone
Pterygoid hamulus
Alveolar process of maxilla
External occipital protuberance (inion)
External occipital crest
Inferior nuchal line
Foramen magnum
Inferior orbital fissure
Mastoid process
Styloid process
Pterygoid fossa
Zygomatic arch
Inferior concha
Horizontal plate of palatine bone
Tuberosity of maxilla
Palatine process of maxilla
Incisive fossa
Posterior view
Inferolateral view
PterygoidFossae:PosteriorandInferolateralViews
See±also±
Plates 39, 40, 41
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