Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems
Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed
Figure 1: Porus crotaphitico-buccinatorius of the right great wing of sphenoid bone.
a |
great wing of the sphenoid |
b |
pterygoid process |
c |
angular spine |
d |
third branch of trigeminal |
e |
porus crotaphitico-buccinatorius |
f |
trigeminal, branch of buccinator |
gg |
deep temporal muscle nerve, anterior and posterior |
h |
masseteric branch, which does not pass through the porus |
Figure 2: Porus crotaphitico-buccinatorius with three branches of the trigeminal to the masseteric muscle passing through the pore.
a, b, c, d |
same as Figure 1 |
e |
foramen oval |
f |
porus crotphitico-buccinatorius |
gg |
deep temporal nerve |
h |
bucco-labial branch of the ramus buccinatorius |
i |
external pterygoid nerve |
k |
masseter nerve |
Figure 3: Coexistence of a pterygo-spinosum civinini foramen (a) and a porus crotophitico-buccinatorius (b).
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