Inferior View Of The External Skull - Ch.3

Front 1

Anterior portion of the palate formed by the palatine processes of the maxilla and the horizontal plates of the palatine bones.

Back 1

Hard Palate

Front 2

Ridge of maxillary bone that houses the roots of the maxillary teeth.

Back 2

Alveolar Process of the Maxilla

Front 3

Teeth of the maxilla.

Back 3

Maxillary Teeth

Front 4

Midline suture between the palatine processes of the maxillaw and between the horizontal plates of the palatine bones.

Back 4

Median Palatine Suture

Front 5

Suture between the palatine processes of the maxillae and the horizontal plates of the palatine bones.

Back 5

Transverse Palatine Suture

Front 6

Posterior openings of the nasal cavity.

Back 6

Posterior Nasal Aperature or Choanae

Front 7

Small canal at the superior border of each posterior nasal aperture.

Back 7

Pterygoid Canal

Front 8

Fossa deep to the infratemporal fossa and between the pterygoid process and maxillary tuberosity.

Back 8

Pterygopalatine Fossa

Front 9

Portion of the sphenoid bone that forms the lateral borders of the posterior nasal aperatures.

Back 9

Pterygoid Process

Front 10

Medial portion of the pterygoid process.

Back 10

Medial Pterygoid Plate

Front 11

Lateral portion of the pterygoid process.

Back 11

Lateral Pterygoid Plate

Front 12

Fossa between the medial and lateral pterygoid plates of the sphenoid bone.

Back 12

Pterygoid Fossa

Front 13

Process of the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone.

Back 13

Hamulus

Front 14

Foramen in the sphenoid bone for the mandibular division of the trigeminal or fifth cranial nerve.

Back 14

Foramen Ovale

Front 15

Foramen in the sphenoid bone for the middle meningeal artery.

Back 15

Foramen Spinosum

Front 16

Spine located at the posterior extremity of the sphenoid bone.

Back 16

Spine of the Sphenoid Bone

Front 17

Foramen among the sphenoid, occipital, and temporal bones that is filled with cartilage.

Back 17

Foramen Lacerum

Front 18

Canal in the temporal bone that carries the internal carotid artery.

Back 18

Carotid Canal

Front 19

Bony projection of the temporal bone that serves as an attachement for muscles and ligaments.

Back 19

Styloid Process

Front 20

Foramen in the temporal bone that carries the facial or seventh cranial nerve.

Back 20

Stylomastoid Foramen

Front 21

Foramen between the occipital and temporal bones that carries the internal jugular vein, and 9,10,11 cranial nerves.

Back 21

Jugular Foramen

Front 22

Foramen in the occipital bone that carries the spinal cord, vertebral arteries, and 11 cranial nerve.

Back 22

Foramen Magnum