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of the body of the sphenoid bone. This foramen opens into the pos-
terior portion of the superior meatus of the nose, and transmits the
naso-palatine nerve and vessels.

Facial or Anterior Region of the Skull.
The facial region of the brain-case is bounded above by a curved
line extending from the extremity of the angular process of the
frontal bone on one side, upward across the frontal eminences, to the
Fig. 65.

TENOO OCULI

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Anterior Region of Skull.
angular process of the frontal bone on the other side ; laterally by a
line drawn from the commencement of the superior boundary, down-
ward and slightly backward, across the malar bone to the angle of the
lower jaw, and below by the lower border of the inferior maxilla. It