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| Bone: Anterior nasal spine | ||
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| Left maxilla. Nasal surface. (Anterior nasal spine labeled at bottom right.) | ||
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| 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.
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Side view of the skull. |
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Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. |
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