MEDIAL VIEW

Sulcus for superior sagittal sinus

Occipital squama

Int. occipital protuberance

Sulcus for
transverse
sinus

Jugular tubercle
Foramen magnum
Hypoglossal canal Sulcus for sigmoid sinus
Condylar canal
Clivius

Basilar part

ANTERIOR
 Frontal tuber

External surface of
Frontal squamas

?
Temporal
Temporal
line
surface

Superciliary arch

Supraorbital
foramen

Zygomatic
process

Supraorbital margin

Nasal spine
(separated by septum) glabella
SPHENOID BONE ANTERIOR
(superior view) Anterior clinoid process
Lesser wing Optic canal

Sulcus
prechiasmaticus Greater
wing

Foramen
rotundum
Foramen ovale

Foramen
spinosum

Posterior clinoid process Carotid sulcus

(broken off)
Hypophysial fossa
SPHENOID BONE Orbital surface
(anteroir view) Of greater wing
Body of sphenoid
Greater wing (broken)
Superior orbital fissure
Lesser wing

Temporal
Surface of
Greater wing

Foramen
rotundum

Infratemporal
surface
Pterygoid
process
Pterygoid
canal

Lateral
Pterygoid
plate

Sphenoidal sinus Aperature of sphenoidal sinus

 Orbital surface Lacrimal notch

Infraorbital
groove
Frontal process of maxilla

Lacrimal sulcus

Nasal notch
Zygomatic
process
Infraorbital foramen

Infratemporal
surface
Anterior nasal spine

? Alveolar process
 Madibular foramen Coronoid process Head of mandible Neck of mandible
(anterior)

Pterygoid
fovea

Angle of
mandible

Alveolar
arch
Mental Mandibular
protuberance notch

Mental
foramen

Condylar
Process
(posterior)

Masseteric tuberosity ramus

 Frontal crest Foramen cecum

Cribiform plate Crista galli

Anterior cranial
Cribiform foramina fossa
Lesser wing
Superiororbital fissure Optic canal
Sulcus
Foramen rotundum prechiasmaticus
Hypophysial fossa
Carotid suclus/groove
Foranen ovale Foramen lacerum
Foramen spinosum Carotid canal
 Foramen lacerum Carotid sulcus Hypopheseal fossa Anterior clinoid process

Optic canal Optic Greater wing

Forumen Carotid canal
groove Lesser wings
rotundum Squamous of
temporal bone

Foramen Foraneb
spinosum ovale

Superior orbital fissure

Petrous part
Of temporal b

Arcuate eminence
Trigeminal impression
Tegmen tympani
 Jugular foramen

Internal
Acoustic
pore

Sulcus for
sigmoid sinus

Jugular tubercle

Hypoglossal canal

Foramen magnum

Int. occipital protuberance

 Alveolar arch
Incisive foramen

Hard palate
Greater palatine foramen

Medial Pterygoid plate

Posterior nasal aperture
Pterygoid fossa
Foramen lacerum
Laterial Pterygoid plate
Articular tubercle
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum Mandibular fossa
Styloid process
External opening of
(broken)
Carotid canal
Hypoglossal canal
Jugular foramen
Stylomastoid foramen

Occipital condyle Mastoid process

Inferior nuchal line

External occipital
protuberance

superior nuchal line

 pterion

Temporal
fossa

Zygomatic
arch

Infratemporal fossa
 Pterygomaxillary
fissure

Pterygopalatine fossa
Sphenopalatine foramen

Pterygomaxillary fissure are the 2 ridges surrounding the sphenopalatine foramen. The pterygopalatine fossa is the
area within the enclosure.
 Glabella

Superciliary arch
Fossa for
Lacrimal gland

Optic canal