Lateral Skull

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Key:

  1. Frontal Bone
  2. Supraorbital foramen in the Supraorbital margin
  3. Greater wing of the Sphenoid bone
  4. Nasal bone
  5. Lacrimal bone
  6. Zygomatic bone
  7. Maxillary bone (Maxilla)
  8. Coronoid process of the Mandible
  9. Mandibular condyle
  10. Ramus of the Mandible
  11. Mental foramen
  12. Mandible
  13. Angle of the Mandible
  14. Condylar process
  15. Styloid process
  16. Mastoid process
  17. Frontal (Coronal) suture
  18. Parietal bone
  19. Squamous suture
  20. Temporal bone
  21. Zygomatic process
  22. Mandibular fossa with articular disc forms the Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) with the mandibular condyle
  23. Lambdoid suture
  24. External acoustic meatus (Aka: External auditory canal)
  25. Occipital bone

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