| Term | Definition |
|---|
| sphenoid | butterfly shaped bone, inside the skull, located more anterior than the petrous portion |
| body | back side of the sella turcica, connects to basilar part |
| anterior clinoid process | two protrusions of pointy bone located in front/above the pituitary fossa |
| foramen ovale | 2nd of three holes situated laterally of the sella turcica, more oval shaped |
| foramen rotundum | 1st of three holes situated laterally of the sella turcica, top one |
| foramen spinosum | 3rd of three holes situated laterally of the sella turcica, bottom one |
| greater wings | large, outer part of the sphenoid, attached to the skull near the sphenoid angle on the interior |
| infratemporal crest | connects spheniod to the temporal bone, located near the most anterior bumped out portion of the temporal bone |
| lateral pterygoid plate | protrusion of bone that forms a oval shaped fossa with its medial counterpart, situated beneath the skull |
| lesser wings | anterior to the sella turcica, small point bit, situated on the sphenoid beneath the horizontal portion |
| medial pterygoid plate | protrusion of bone that forms a oval shaped fossa with its lateral counterpart, situated beneath the skull |
| optic canals | situated underneath the lesser wings / anterior clinoid process, opens anteriorly towards the face |
| pituitary fossa | small groove which sits inside the sella turcica |
| posterior clinoid process | two protrusions of pointy bone located in back/above the pituitary fossa |
| pterygoid canal | follow pterygoid plates to the top to find it, other side of foramen rotundrum |
| pterygoid fossa | groove formed by a set of lateral and medial plates on the sphenoid |
| pterygoid hamulus | hook bone on the medial plate |
| sella turcica | saddle shaped gap between the wings of the sphenoid |
| sphenoidal crest | crest on the upper portion of the sphenoidal sinuses |
| sphenoidal rostrum | groove on the back side of the sphenoidal sinuses |
| sphenoidal sinuses | follow body (on sphenoidal) backwards, cavity inside puffy bit |
| superior orbital fissures | long, narrow gap between greater and lesser wings |
| mandible | lower jaw |
| body / corpus | horizontal portion of the mandible |
| condylar neck | thinner bone that connects to the mandibular condyle |
| coronoid process | anterior pointy bits of the ramus |
| digastric fossa | groove located beneath the chin |
| gonial angle | area where ramus and body of the the mandible meet, back of jaw, large bump |
| mandibular condyle | back oval pad-like portion of the ramus |
| mandibular foramen | large holes on the inner surface of the ramus |
| mandibular notch | notch / groove between the mandibular condyle and the coronoid process |
| masseteric tuberosity | rough, bumps, on the outer surface of the gonial angle |
| mental foramen | holes on the anterior surface of the mandible |
| mental eminence | chin |
| mental spines | small projections on the sublingual fossa, located behind the chin |
| mylohyoid groove | groove going outwards from the mandibular foramen |
| mylohyoid line | raised area behind the molar teeth on the mandible |
| oblique line | line that continues down the body of the mandible and originates from the coronoid process |
| pterygoid tuberosities | rough, bumps, on the inner surface of the gonial angle |
| ramus | the vertical part of the mandible |
| sublingual fossa | the large indentation located behind the incisors and chin |
| submandibular fossa | groove / indentation located below the mylohyoid line |
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