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alveolar margin (crest)
incisive foramen
zygomaticomaxillary suturemaxillary tuberclesphenotemporal suture
zygomaticotemporal suturemedial pterygoid plate
lateral pterygoid plate
foramen ovale
foramen spinosum
mandibular fossa
styloid process (in pit)
carotid foramen
external auditory meatusforamen magnum
groove for occipital arterymastoid foramen
posterior condylar foramen parietomastoid sutureinferior nuchal line
lambdoid suturesuperior nuchal line
occipitomastoid crestccipitomastoid suture
Waldeyer’s crestFigure 4. Basal view of cranium.