Clinical Anatomy of the European Hamster 
Figure 2-5: Sagittal section of formalin fixed skull at level of nasal septum. Note 
clearly visible nasopharynx which curves only slightly downwards at entrance into 
larynx. 
Figure 2-6: Drawing of skull with mandibles removed; sagittal section taken at level of nasal septum. l = os 
nasale; 2 = os incisivum; 3=maxilla; 4 = os frontale; 5 = os parietale; 6 = os interparietale; ll=dentes molares; 
12 = dentes incisivi; 16 = condylus occipitalis; 17 = meatus acusticus internus; 18 = choanae; 19 = os ethmoides; 
20=lamina perpendicularis; 24 = endoturbinale I; 25 = endoturbinale II; 26 = endoturbinale III; 27 = endoturbinale 
IV. 
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