I II I ill!! 



the maxilla and the lamina | 



with the nasal porl ital b< 



extends inward as 1 



It pre ' m external < 

 contact with the ethmoid bone. The eth 



all portion of it aids in the formati 

 articulates with the lachrymal proa r turb: 



suture (Fig. 101). 



The anterior portion of the orbital 

 similar groove on the frontal pro 



Fig. 77). The posterii »r boun 

 extends downward into a hook like bent U] 



78). This is situated in the 1 



orbital surface of the body of the same I 



surface, situated behind the lachrymal 1 



[The lachrymal bone is fon 

 during the third or fourth montl 

 and more rarely a numb it, in whi 



THE NASAL BONE. 



The nasal ban* 1 and . v 



in the median line I the bridj 



separates the short internal margins of the t 

 ably longer, articulates with the frontal ; 

 The shorter and thi< iperior margin is in 



by the nasofrontal sutun ; the I I thinr 



of the anterior nan 

 leton. 



The slightly inner 



gro<n Fig. ntcrior ctl 



more fine foramina, th 

 bone. Both tin and inferi 



[Each nasal 

 month of fetal life. At birth the leng 



TH • ER. 



The vomer (Figs. 73 1 



in shape, which forms the infer; 



Its upper end is thickened and - .'.ate 



with the inferior surface oi the DO 



rostrum is received between them, while I Tgoid and 



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