Skull: Internal Lateral View
Description
An internal lateral section of the human skull showing its cranial bones, sinuses, and key anatomical landmarks.
Original diagram by Yuqian Sun.
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Alveolar process
Anterior clinoid process
Anterior nasal spine
Basilar part
Body of sphenoid bone
Coronal suture
Cribriform plate
Crista galli of sphenoid bone
External occipital protuberance (inion)
Foramen magnum
Frontal bone
Frontal sinus
Greater wing of sphenoid bone
Groove for inferior petrosal sinus
Groove for sigmoid sinus
Groove for superior petrosal sinus
Groove for transverse sinus
Grooves for branches of middle meningeal vessels
Hypoglossal canal
Incisive canal
Inferior nasal concha
Internal acoustic meatus
Jugular foramen
Lambdoid suture
Lesser wing of sphenoid bone
Medial and lateral plates of pterygoid process
Nasal bone
Nasal surface of maxilla
Occipital bone
Occipital condyle
Opening of vestibular canaliculus
Optic canal
Palatine bone
Palatine process
Parietal bone
Perpendicular plate of ethmoid bone (bony nasal septum)
Petrous part of temporal bone
Sella turcica
Sphenoidal sinus
Squamous part of temporal bone
Vomer