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Fig. 



0. The occipital. 



q. The processus jugularis of the occipital. 



r. The processus mastoideus of the temporal. 



t. The middle piece of the temporal. 



t'. The processus zygomaticus of the temporal. 



V. The superior concave surface of the vomer. 



z. The zygomatic. 



X. Ligaments between the orbital process of the frontal and the zygomatic process of the 

 temporal. 



iJ. The posterior part of the cranium of the forty-seven and a half feet long skeleton, seen from 

 beloWj twenty times diminished. 



a. The articular process of the temporal. 

 h — h. The parietal, and its process covering the groove in the orbital process of the frontal for the 



optic nerve. 

 f—f. The orbital process of the frontal. 



g. Bulla tympani. 



h. The portion of the pterygoid entering into the formation of the palate. 



k. The condyle of the occipital. 



1. The lachrymal. 



m, — m. The palatine surface and lateral process of the superior maxillary. 



o. The very small portion of the basi-occipital which is still visible here between the pterygoid 



bones. 

 p. The portion of the palatine entering into the formation of the palate. 

 u — u — M. The pterygoid wedged in between the palatine and the superior maxillary, the temporal, and 

 the parietal, and its external process under the prolongation of the parietal, covering the 

 groove for the optic nerve. 

 V. The posterior extremity of the vertical plate of the vomer, visible between the palatine bones. 

 w — w. The petrous bone. 

 z. The zygomatic. 



3. The anterior pointed end of the superior maxillary of the forty-seven and a half feet long 

 skeleton, seen from belovsr, twenty times diminished. 



c. The interval between the two intermaxiliaries, in which the anterior pointed end of the primordial 



vomer is situated freely prominent in the mesial line of the palate. 

 i. The foremost end of the intermaxiliaries, here not covered by the superior maxillaries. 

 m. The foremost end of the palatine surface of the superior maxillaries. 



