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500. Fra. plt. r Foramen palatinum posterius Posterior palatine foramen. The 

 passage between the opening shown in this figure and Fig. 60 is known as the posterior 

 palatine canal. Quain, A, I, 373. 



501. Fm. sphplt., Foramen spheno-palatinum Spheno-palatine foramen. It 

 leads from the orbit into the nasal cavity. 



FIG. 56. DORSAL VIEW OF THE SKULL 



502. Fs, ap., Fossa appendicularis. Fossa for the appendicular lob^of the 

 cerebellum. 



503. Fs, (Fossa) temporalis Temporal fossa. This is the space on the side of 

 the skull caudad of the postorbital process of the frontal. By mistake, the name in this 

 figure is written partly in the orbit. 



504. Fossa orbitalis Orbital fossa, orbit. In this space the eyes are found in 

 living animals. Unlike the orbital fossa of man, that of the cat is not separated from the 

 Vemporal by a plate of bone, but opens widely into it. 



