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  2. Scapula - Wikipedia

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    The medial border (also called the vertebral border or medial margin) is the longest of the three borders, and extends from the superior angle to the inferior angle. [8] In animals it is referred to as the dorsal border. Four muscles attach to the medial border. Serratus anterior has a long attachment on the anterior lip.

  3. Infratemporal fossa - Wikipedia

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    posteriorly, by the tympanic part of the temporal bone, [1] and the spina angularis of the sphenoid. superiorly , by the greater wing of the sphenoid below the infratemporal crest , and by the under surface of the temporal squama , containing the foramen ovale , which transmits the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve , and the foramen ...

  4. Spine of scapula - Wikipedia

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    Of the three borders, the anterior is attached to the dorsal surface of the bone; the posterior, or crest of the spine, is broad, and presents two lips and an intervening rough interval. The trapezius is attached to the superior lip, and a rough tubercle is generally seen on that portion of the spine which receives the tendon of insertion of ...

  5. Cranial fossa - Wikipedia

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    2: Posterior borders of the lesser wings of the sphenoid 3: Dorsum sellae of the sphenoid bone 4: Superior borders of the petrous part of the temporal bone. 5: Groove for transverse sinus of the occipital bone

  6. Inferior nasal concha - Wikipedia

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    The inferior nasal concha (inferior turbinated bone or inferior turbinal/turbinate) is one of the three paired nasal conchae in the nose. It extends horizontally along the lateral wall of the nasal cavity and consists of a lamina of spongy bone , curled upon itself like a scroll, ( turbinate meaning inverted cone). [ 1 ]

  7. Middle cranial fossa - Wikipedia

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    It is bounded in front by the posterior margins of the lesser wings of the sphenoid bone, the anterior clinoid processes, and the ridge forming the anterior margin of the chiasmatic groove; behind, by the superior angles of the petrous portions of the temporal bones and the dorsum sellae; laterally by the temporal squamae, sphenoidal angles of ...

  8. Zygomatic bone - Wikipedia

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    In the human skull, the zygomatic bone (from Ancient Greek: ζῠγόν, romanized: zugón, lit. 'yoke'), also called cheekbone or malar bone , is a paired irregular bone , situated at the upper and lateral part of the face and forming part of the lateral wall and floor of the orbit , of the temporal fossa and the infratemporal fossa .

  9. Body of femur - Wikipedia

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    The other two borders of the femur are only slightly marked: the lateral border extends from the antero-inferior angle of the greater trochanter to the anterior extremity of the lateral condyle; the medial border from the intertrochanteric line, at a point opposite the lesser trochanter, to the anterior extremity of the medial condyle.