Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The jugal bone is located on either side of the skull in the circumorbital region. It is the origin of several masticatory muscles in the skull. [1] The jugal and lacrimal bones are the only two remaining from the ancestral circumorbital series: the prefrontal, postfrontal, postorbital, jugal, and lacrimal bones. [2]
In tetrapods with a quadratojugal bone, it often forms a portion of the jaw joint. Developmentally, the quadratojugal bone is a dermal bone in the temporal series, forming the original braincase. The squamosal and quadratojugal bones together form the cheek region [4] and may provide muscular attachments for facial muscles. [5]
Anatomy figure: 22:5b-12 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; Anatomy figure: 22:4a-08 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center; cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (IX, XI) "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier.
The braincase is the part of the skull housing the brain. In an articulated skull, it is not visible from the outside except from its rear part, the occiput. A complex structure, it is pierced by numerous foramina containing blood vessels and cranial nerves. Individual bones of the braincase tend to be completely fused in adults, with ...
Skull in situ Human head skull from side Anatomy of a flat bone – the periosteum of the neurocranium is known as the pericranium Human skull from the front Side bones of skull. The human skull is the bone structure that forms the head in the human skeleton. It supports the structures of the face and forms a cavity for the brain. Like the ...
Donald Trump said he'd launch the “largest deportation” in American history. To do it, he'll need to address a massive backlog in immigration court cases.
Isabella Strahan is living life to the fullest over a year after being diagnosed and treated for a malignant brain tumor.. The model, 20, shared photos of herself and her sister Sophia from The ...
The jugular fossa is located in the temporal bone, posterior to the carotid canal and the cochlear aqueduct.. In the bony ridge dividing the carotid canal from the jugular fossa is the small inferior tympanic canaliculus for the passage of the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve.