Nasal foramina

Nasal foramina

Right nasal bone. Outer surface.
Latin	foramina nasalia

The nasal foramina are foramina which run through the nasal bones.

External links

http://zemlin.shs.uiuc.edu/Skull/slide-Pages/27.htm

Bones of head and neck: the facial skeleton of the skull (TA A02.1.08–15, GA 2.156–177)

Surfaces	Anterior: fossae (Incisive fossa, Canine fossa) · Infraorbital foramen · Anterior nasal spine Infratemporal: Alveolar canals · Maxillary tuberosity Orbital: Infraorbital groove · Infraorbital canal Nasal: Greater palatine canal

Processes	Zygomatic process Frontal process (Agger nasi, Anterior lacrimal crest) Alveolar process Palatine process (Incisive foramen, Incisive canals, Foramina of Scarpa, Incisive bone, Anterior nasal spine)

Other	Body of maxilla · Maxillary sinus

Orbital process (Zygomatico-orbital) · Temporal process (Zygomaticotemporal) · Lateral process (Zygomaticofacial)

Fossae	Pterygopalatine fossa · Pterygoid fossa

Plates	Horizontal plate (Posterior nasal spine) · Perpendicular plate (Greater palatine canal, Sphenopalatine foramen, Pyramidal process)

Processes	Orbital · Sphenoidal

Body	external surface (Symphysis menti, Lingual foramen, Mental protuberance, Mental foramen, Mandibular incisive canal) · internal surface (Mental spine, Mylohyoid line, Sublingual fovea, Submandibular fovea) · Alveolar part of mandible

Ramus	Mylohyoid groove (Mandibular canal, Lingula) · Mandibular foramen · Angle Coronoid process · Mandibular notch · Condyloid process · Pterygoid fovea

Minor/
nose

Nasal bone: Internasal suture · Nasal foramina

Inferior nasal concha: Ethmoidal process · Maxillary process

Vomer: Vomer anterior · Synostosis vomerina · Vomer posterior (Wing)

Lacrimal: Posterior lacrimal crest · Lacrimal groove · Lacrimal hamulus

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