Fig. 8.

Ligaments. Lateral view of the left side of the skull of Geospiza fortis (a) and Padda oryzivora (b) showing the ligaments. Note the absence of the ligamentum postorbitalis in G. fortis. Also note the difference in the ligamentum mesethmopalatinum in G. fortis, which connects the os palatinum with the pes pterygoidei. lig.jug.mand.lat., ligamentum jugomandibulare laterale; lig.jug.mand.med., ligamentum jugomandibulare mediale; lig.mes.pal., ligamentum mesethmopalatinum; lig.occ.mand., ligamentum occipitomandibulare; lig.postorb., ligamentum postorbitale; lig.qd.sph., ligamentum quadratosphenoidale; lig.qd.temp., ligamentum quadratotemporale.