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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems: Bipartite Os Zygomaticum

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems

Porus crotaphitico-buccinatorius of the right wing of the sphenoid bone

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


Porus crotaphitico-buccinatorius of the right wing of the sphenoid bone

Figure 1: Porus crotaphitico-buccinatorius of the right great wing of sphenoid bone.

a

great wing of the sphenoid

b

pterygoid process

c

angular spine

d

third branch of trigeminal

e

porus crotaphitico-buccinatorius

f

trigeminal, branch of buccinator

gg

deep temporal muscle nerve, anterior and posterior

h

masseteric branch, which does not pass through the porus

Figure 2: Porus crotaphitico-buccinatorius with three branches of the trigeminal to the masseteric muscle passing through the pore.

a, b, c, d

same as Figure 1

e

foramen oval

f

porus crotphitico-buccinatorius

gg

deep temporal nerve

h

bucco-labial branch of the ramus buccinatorius

i

external pterygoid nerve

k

masseter nerve

Figure 3: Coexistence of a pterygo-spinosum civinini foramen (a) and a porus crotophitico-buccinatorius (b).

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