OpenStax AnatPhys fig.7.10 - Sphenoid Bone - English labels

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Sphenoid Bone. Shown in isolation in (a) superior and (b) posterior views, the sphenoid bone is a single midline bone that forms the anterior walls and floor of the middle cranial fossa. It has a pair of lesser wings and a pair of greater wings. The sella turcica surrounds the hypophyseal fossa. Projecting downward are the medial and lateral pterygoid plates. The sphenoid has multiple openings for the passage of nerves and blood vessels, including the optic canal, superior orbital fissure, foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, and foramen spinosum. English labels. From OpenStax book 'Anatomy and Physiology', fig. 7.10.
Anatomical structures in item:
Bone
Os sphenoidale
Corpus ossis sphenoidalis
Ala major ossis sphenoidalis
Ala minor ossis sphenoidalis
Processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis
Fossa hypophysialis
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OpenStax AnatPhys fig.7.10 - Sphenoid Bone - English labels
Uploaded by: Jorn IJkhout
Institution: Netherlands, Leiden – Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden University
Creator(s)/credit: OpenStax
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Sphenoid Bone. Shown in isolation in (a) superior and (b) posterior views, the sphenoid bone is a single midline bone that forms the anterior walls and floor of the middle cranial fossa. It has a pair of lesser wings and a pair of greater wings. The sella turcica surrounds the hypophyseal fossa. Projecting downward are the medial and lateral pterygoid plates. The sphenoid has multiple openings for the passage of nerves and blood vessels, including the optic canal, superior orbital fissure, foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, and foramen spinosum. English labels. From OpenStax book 'Anatomy and Physiology', fig. 7.10.
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Anatomical structures in item
Bone
Os sphenoidale
Corpus ossis sphenoidalis
Ala major ossis sphenoidalis
Ala minor ossis sphenoidalis
Processus pterygoideus ossis sphenoidalis
Fossa hypophysialis
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