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Inferior area of the skull, composed of the endocranium and lower parts of the skull roof
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The foramina in the base of the skull are exit and entry points for veins, arteries and
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Base of skull - crista galli, cribriform plate and foramen cecum
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Structures found at the base of the skull are for example:
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There are five bones that make up the base of the skull:
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647:Compound structures of skull
465:Posterior clinoid processes
347:Endobasis-resistances nodes
339:Endobasis-resistances beams
325:Sphenoidal emissary foramen
175:and the lower parts of the
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505:Groove for sigmoid sinus
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171:. It is composed of the
135:Anatomical terms of bone
535:Posterior cranial fossa
525:Middle meningeal artery
435:Petro-occipital fissure
262:Superior petrosal sinus
257:Superior sagittal sinus
520:Anterior cranial fossa
500:Middle clinoid process
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193:attachment of muscles
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515:Middle cranial fossa
378:Petrosquamous suture
363:Sphenofrontal suture
155:, also known as the
858:Otorhinolaryngology
848:Human head and neck
812:infratemporal fossa
510:Trigeminal ganglion
490:Vestibular aqueduct
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173:endocranium
67:Identifiers
837:Categories
751:sphenoidal
736:Fontanelle
684:Stephanion
33:Skull base
18:Skull base
746:posterior
719:posterior
183:Structure
741:anterior
709:anterior
674:Asterion
662:Calvaria
241:Exobasis
177:calvaria
165:inferior
797:dacryon
756:mastoid
679:Pterion
352:Sutures
246:Sinuses
159:or the
92:D019291
62:Details
781:Gonion
776:Nasion
714:middle
704:Fossae
699:Lambda
694:Bregma
667:Diploë
843:Skull
689:Inion
389:Other
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