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. 2016 Jul 13;3(7):160072. doi: 10.1098/rsos.160072

Table 1.

Nomenclature.

? uncertainty regarding identification ip interparietal
aa anterior ampulla is interorbital septum
aip anterior inferior process of prootic ld lateral depression
ap ascending process of parabasisphenoid lg.cr lagenar crest
arts articular surface lj lower jaw
asc anterior semicircular canal ls laterosphenoid
bb bridge of bone ls.btr laterosphenoid buttress
bo basioccipital lsc lateral semicircular canal
bp basipterygoid process m maxilla
bt basal tuber md.rd median ridge
cc common crus mf metotic foramen
cl cochlea mpr median pharyngeal recess
CN I foramen for cranial nerve I mx matrix
CN II foramen for cranial nerve II oc occipital condyle
CN III foramen for cranial nerve III op opisthotic
CN IV foramen for cranial nerve IV ov.dp oval depression
CN V foramen for cranial nerve V pa parietal
CN VI foramen for cranial nerve VI pbs parabasisphenoid
CN VII foramen for cranial nerve VII pf perilymphatic foramen
CN VIIhym groove for hyomandibular branch of cranial nerve VII pp paroccipital process
CN VIIpal groove for palatine branch of cranial nerve VII pr prootic
CN XII foramen for cranial nerve XII psc posterior semicircular canal
CN XIIa foramen for anterior branch of cranial nerve XII psa posterior ampulla
CN XIIp foramen for posterior branch of cranial nerve XII pt pterygoid
cap capitate process ptf posttemporal fenestra
cp cultriform process q quadrate
cr1 crest 1 rd ridge
cr2 crest 2 s suture
ds dorsum sellae sd semilunar depression
eo exoccipital st.gr stapedial groove
f frontal so supraoccipital
fc.pa facet for parietal sp slender process
ff floccular fossa st stapes
fm foramen magnum su sulcus
fo fenestra ovalis tc tensor crest
gr.ga groove for Gasserian ganglion tu tuber
gr groove ug unossified gap
gr.ut groove marking ventral connection between common crus and utriculus vcd vena capitis dorsalis channel
gr.ov.dp.VII groove connecting oval depression with foramen for cranial nerve VII ve vestibule
hf hypophyseal fossa vr.op ventral ramus of the opsithotic
ica path of internal carotid artery vt vertebra