Ethmoidal spine
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| Bone: Ethmoidal spine | ||
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| Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Ethmoidal spine visible at top.) | ||
| Gray's | subject #35 147 | |
The superior surface of the body of the sphenoid bone (Fig. 145) presents in front a prominent spine, the ethmoidal spine, for articulation with the cribriform plate of the ethmoid; behind this is a smooth surface slightly raised in the middle line, and grooved on either side for the olfactory lobes of the brain.
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 Base of the skull. Upper surface. |
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