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Skull - Superior

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Keywords: basi-occipital (basal plate), body of sphenoid, carotid canal, chondrocranium, dorsum sellae, ethmoid, exoccipital, foramen magnum, greater wing of sphenoid, hyoid, hypoglossal canal, jugular foramen, lesser wing of sphenoid, mandible, nasal capsule, nasal cavity (nasal sac), nasal septum, occipital condyle, optic canal, petrous part of temporal bone (otic capsule), pharyngeal arch 1 cartilage (Meckel), pharyngeal arch 2 cartilage, superior orbital fissure, supra-occipital, thyroid cartilage

Source: The Virtual Human Embryo.