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A system of the anatomy of the human body. Illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty tables, taken partly from the most celebrated authors, and partly from nature / By Andrew Fyfe.

  • Fyfe, Andrew, 1754-1824.
Date:
1820
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A system of the anatomy of the human body. Illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty tables, taken partly from the most celebrated authors, and partly from nature / By Andrew Fyfe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE VII. A Back View 0f the Skull, with the Additional Bones called Ossa Triquetra. FIG. l. The Skull seen from its Posterior and Left Side, ai The frontal bone. b9 Part of the temporal fossa of that bone, c, c, The parietal bones. dt The coronal suture. et The sagittal suture. ff The lambdoid suture. gy gy The ossa triquetra, between the lambdoid and sa¬ gittal sutures. hy hy The foramina parietalia. t, iy The arched impression of the left parietal bone. ky The occipital bone. l} Part of the large transverse arched ridge of that bone, w, The squamous suture. n, The squamous part of the temporal bone. o. The mastoid process. pt The zygoma. q, Part of the meatus auditorius extern us. r, Part of the temporal fossa of the sphenoid bone. s, The temporal fossa of the temporal bone. t, The outer surface of the orbitar process of the cheek¬ bone. Uy The zygomatic suture. Vy The superior orbitar process of the cheek-bone. •Wy Part of the superior maxillary bone. x. Part of the outer plate of the pterygoid process. y, yy Some of the teeth. FIG. 2. A Portion of the Upper and Back Part of the Cranium, with the Ossa Triquetra. at ay Part of the parietal bones. by A portion of the sagittal suture. c, c, rlhe parietal foramina, uncommonly large. dy The upper part of the occipital bone. e, Part of the lambdoid suture. The ossa triquetra are seen between the occipital and parietal bones, varying considerably in figure and size. FIG. 3. An additional piece of Bone in the Side of the Craniwny inclosed by a double Squamous Suturey and forming a kind of Os Triquetrum. C 2