BonesandLigaments
Plate10
Maxilla
Incisive fossa
Palatine process
Zygomatic process
Zygomatic bone
Frontal bone
Pterygoid process
Hamulus
Medial plate
Pterygoid fossa
Lateral plate
Scaphoid fossa
Greater wing
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum
Spine
Palatine bone
Horizontal plate
Greater palatine foramen
Pyramidal process
Lesser palatine foramina
Posterior nasal spine
Temporal bone
Zygomatic process
Articular tubercle
Mandibular fossa
Styloid process
Petrotympanic fissure
Carotid canal (external opening)
External acoustic meatus
Mastoid canaliculus
Mastoid process
Stylomastoid foramen
Petrous part
Mastoid notch (for
digastric muscle)
Occipital groove
(for occipital artery)
Jugular fossa
(jugular foramen in its depth)
Choanae
Vomer
Ala
Groove for pharyngotympanic
(auditory, eustachian) tube
Foramen lacerum
Parietal bone
Occipital bone
Hypoglossal canal
Occipital condyle
Condylar canal and fossa
Basilar part
Pharyngeal tubercle
Foramen magnum
Inferior nuchal line
External occipital crest
Superior nuchal line
External occipital protuberance
Mastoid foramen
Palatomaxillary suture
Intermaxillary suture
Sphenoidal bone
Tympanic canaliculus
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