Anterior nasal spine
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| Anterior nasal spine | |
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| Left maxilla. Nasal surface. (Anterior nasal spine labeled at bottom right.) | |
| The skull from the front. (Anterior nasal spine is not labeled, but is visible at bottom of "nose". Maxilla is yellow bone in center.) | |
| Latin | spina nasalis anterior maxillae |
| Gray's | subject #38 158 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | s_18/12749342 |
Medially, the anterior surface of the maxilla is limited by a deep concavity, the nasal notch, the margin of which gives attachment to the Dilatator naris posterior and ends below in a pointed process, which with its fellow of the opposite side forms the anterior nasal spine.
[edit] Additional images
Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Diagram at upstate.edu - side
- Diagram at upstate.edu - front
- SUNY Labs 22:os-1911 - "Osteology of the Skull: The Maxilla"
- Dictionary at eMedicine anterior+nasal+spine+of+maxilla
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