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LATERAL ASPECT OF SKULL - ANATOMICAL FEATURES

• cranial bones
  

• frontal bone
  

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• frontal eminence
• superciliary arch
• orbital margin
• zygomatic process

• coronal suture
• superior temporal line
• inferior temporal line

• parietal bone

• parietal eminence
  

• lambdoid suture = lamdoidal suture
  

• occipital bone

• external occipital protuberance
• superior nuchal line
  

• occipitomastoid suture

• ±mastoid foramen

• parietomastoid suture
• asterion
• squamosal suture
  

• temporal bone

• zygomatic process

• mastoid process

• ±mastoid foramen

• sphenosquamosal suture

• sphenoparietal suture

• pterion

• sphenoid bone

• great wing

• sphenofrontal suture
• ethmoid bone
• frontoethmoidal suture
• zygomaticofrontal suture
• zygomaticotemporal suture
  

• facial bones
  

• zygomatic bone
  

• temporal process
  

• zygomaticomaxillary suture
• maxilla
• nasomaxillary suture
• nasal bone
• frontonasal suture
• frontomaxillary suture
• lacrimomaxillary suture
• lacrimal bone
• frontolacrimal suture
• lacrimoethmoidal suture
• ethmoid maxillary suture

• mandible
  

• ramus
  

• body
  

• mental foramen

• temporal fossa
  

• frontal bone
  

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• zygomatic process
• temporal line

• coronal suture

• superior temporal line
  

• stephanion

• inferior temporal line
• parietal bone
  

• temporal bone

• squamous part
  

• _ supramastoid crest
• groove for middle temporal artery
• ±groove for posterior deep temporal artery
• ±groove for anterior deep temporal artery
• anterior part of mandibular fossa = glenoid fossa
• petrotympanic fissure = Glaserian fissure

• junction of squamous and tympanic parts

• external acoustic meatus

• tympanic part

• external auditory process
• posterior part of mandibular fossa = glenoid fossa
  

• styloid process

• zygomatic process

• posterior root
• suprameatal triangle
• ±suprameatal spine
• anterior root
• articular tubercle
  

• mastoid process

• zygomatic arch

• zygomatic bone
  

• temporal process
• frontal process
• zygomatico-temporal foramen
  

• sphenoid bone

• great wing

• infratemporal crest

• sphenomaxillary fissure = inferior orbital fissure
  

• infratemporal fossa

• zygomatic bone
  

• temporal process

• zygomatic arch

• temporal bone

• zygomatic process

•  squama = squamous part
  

• articular tubercle

• sphenoid bone

• spine = spina angularis

• great wing

• infratemporal crest
• foramen ovale
• foramn spinosum
• orbital surface, lower border
• orbital surface, lateral border
  

• pterygoid process

• lateral pterygoid plate

• sphenomaxillary fissure = inferior orbital fissure
• pterygomaxillary fissure
  

• maxilla

• body

• infratemporal surface
• alveolar foramina = openings for alveolar canals
  

• zygomatic process

• alveolar process

• alveolar border

• palatine bone

• orbital process

• pterygopalatine fossa = sphenomaxillary fossa
  

• sphenoid bone
  

• body

• inferior surface

• pterygoid process

• pterygoid canal

• great wing

• foramen rotundum

• sphenomaxillary fissure = inferior orbital fissure
• sphenopalatine foramen
• pterygomaxillary fissure
• pharyngeal canal
• sphenopalatine foramen
  

• palatine bone
  

• orbital process
• vertical part
• sphenoidal process
  

• pterygopalatine canal
  

• maxilla
  

• infratemporal surface