Newborn Skull (Lateral View)
Description
Anatomical structures and fontanelles of a newborn skull seen from the lateral aspect.
Original diagram by Luga Simó Bruña.
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Anterior ethmoidal foramen
Anterior fontanelle
Coronal suture
Frontal bone
Greater wing of sphenoid bone
Hamulus of medial plate of pterygoid process of sphenoid bone
Infraorbital foramen
Lacrimal bone
Lambdoid suture
Lateral plate of pterygoid process of sphenoid bone
Mandibular fossa of temporal bone
Mastoid fontanelle
Nasal bone
Occipital bone
Orbital plate of ethmoid bone
Oval (vestibular) window of temporal bone
Parietal tuberosity (eminence)
Petrosquamous fissure of temporal bone
Petrous part of temporal bone (mastoid process absent)
Posterior fontanelle
Pyramidal process of palatine bone
Round (cochlear) window of temporal bone
Sphenoidal fontanelle
Squamous part of temporal bone
Squamous suture
Styloid process of temporal bone
Supraorbital notch (foramen)
Tympanic part of temporal bone (bony external acoustic meatus absent)
Zygomatic process of temporal bone
Zygomaticofacial foramen