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Plate 2: Bones of the skull.

Translated by: Ronald A. Bergman, PhD and Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
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  1. The interior base of the skull.
  2. The inferior or outer surface of the skull base.
  3. The left temporal bone seen from the outside.
  4. The left temporal bone inner surface.
  5. The os sphenoid, from its upper or its brain surface.
  6. The anterior surface of the sphenoid bone.
  7. The mandible seen from its anterior surface.
  8. The mandible is placed to see the inner surface.
 Plate 2: Bones of the skull.
Title Page The interior base of the skull The inferior or outer surface of the skull base The left temporal bone seen from the outside The left temporal bone inner surface The os sphenoid, from its upper or its brain surface The mandible seen from its anterior surface The mandible is placed to see the inner surface The anterior surface of the sphenoid bone