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Skull Base and Foramina

Skull Base and Foramina. This illustration shows the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone (1), optic canal (2), foramen rotundum (3), foramen lacerum (4), foramen ovale (5), foramen spinosum (6), carotid canal (7), internal acoustic meatus (8), jugular foramen (9), hypoglossal canal (10), and foramen magnum (11). The anterior (foramen 1), middle (foramina 2-7), and posterior cranial fossae (foramina 8-11) are also shown but not labeled. Contributed by Beckie Palmer

From: Pneumocephalus

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