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  2. List of foramina of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Image of base of the skull with several of the foramina labeled. The human skull has numerous openings , through which cranial nerves, arteries, veins, and other structures pass. These foramina vary in size and number, with age. [1] [2]

  3. List of human anatomical regions - Wikipedia

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    The posterior view contains, from superior to inferior, the cervical region encompassing the neck, the scapular region encompassing the scapulae and the area around, the dorsal region encompassing the upper back; the lumbar region encompassing the lower back. the sacral region occurring at the end of the spine, directly above the buttocks.

  4. Occipital bone - Wikipedia

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    The occipital bone (/ ˌ ɒ k ˈ s ɪ p ɪ t əl /) is a cranial dermal bone and the main bone of the occiput (back and lower part of the skull).It is trapezoidal in shape and curved on itself like a shallow dish.

  5. Cranial fossa - Wikipedia

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    A cranial fossa is formed by the floor of the cranial cavity.. There are three distinct cranial fossae: [1] Anterior cranial fossa (fossa cranii anterior), housing the projecting frontal lobes of the brain [2]

  6. Base of skull - Wikipedia

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    The base of skull, also known as the cranial base or the cranial floor, is the most inferior area of the skull. It is composed of the endocranium and the lower parts of the calvaria . Structure

  7. File:Human skull side simplified (bones).svg - Wikipedia

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    the adult skull is normally made up of 22 bones. Except for the mandible, all of the bones of the skull are joined together by sutures, semi-rigid articulations formed by bony ossification, the presence of Sharpey's fibres permitting a little flexibility: Date: 4 January 2007: Source: made it myself: Author: LadyofHats Mariana Ruiz Villarreal ...

  8. Facial skeleton - Wikipedia

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    The facial skeleton comprises the facial bones that may attach to build a portion of the skull. [1] The remainder of the skull is the neurocranium.. In human anatomy and development, the facial skeleton is sometimes called the membranous viscerocranium, which comprises the mandible and dermatocranial elements that are not part of the braincase.

  9. Head and neck anatomy - Wikipedia

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    The head rests on the top part of the vertebral column, with the skull joining at C1 (the first cervical vertebra known as the atlas). The skeletal section of the head and neck forms the top part of the axial skeleton and is made up of the skull, hyoid bone, auditory ossicles, and cervical spine. The skull can be further subdivided into: