THE SKULL AND THE BONES OF THE SKULL 



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Senile defects in the lachrymal bone 



Body ol tne maxilla 



Corpus maxillas 



Body of the mandible.. 

 Corpus mandibulze 



E-amus of the mandible 

 Ramus mandibulae 



-Base of the mandible 



Basis mandibulae 



FIG. 197. FACIAL PORTION OF THE SKULL OF A WOMAN AGED EIGHTY-FOUR YEARS, SHOWING 

 ATROPHY OF THE ALVEOLAR PROCESSES OF THE SUPERIOR AND INFERIOR MAXILLARY BONES 

 (NUTCRACKER FACE). 



Great cornu 

 Cornu majus 



Small cornu 

 Cornu minus 



Great cornu 

 Cornu majus 



Body 



Corpus 



--Body 



Corpus 



FIG. 198. SEEN FROM AHOVE. , FIG. 199. SEEN FROM BELOW. 



Os HYOIDEUM THE HYOID BONE. 



Primitive cartilage" X, - 03 tre of ossification in the body 



FIG. 200. THE HYOID BONE OF A BOY, STILL-BORN AT FULL TERM. 



Body-length, 21 inches. 



Senile atrophy of the jaws : Os hyoideum the hyoid bone. 



