Anterior nasal spine

Anterior nasal spine

Infobox Bone
Name = Anterior nasal spine
Latin = spina nasalis anterior maxillae
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Caption = Left maxilla. Nasal surface. (Anterior nasal spine labeled at bottom right.)


Caption2 = The skull from the front. (Anterior nasal spine is not labeled, but is visible at bottom of "nose". Maxilla is yellow bone in center.)
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Medially, the anterior surface of the maxilla is limited by a deep concavity, the nasal notch, the margin of which gives attachment to the Dilatator naris posterior and ends below in a pointed process, which with its fellow of the opposite side forms the anterior nasal spine.


=Additional

ee also

* posterior nasal spine

External links

* [http://www.upstate.edu/cdb/grossanat/hnsklatmax3.shtml Diagram at upstate.edu - side]
* [http://www.upstate.edu/cdb/grossanat/hnskullantmax5.shtml Diagram at upstate.edu - front]
* - "Osteology of the Skull: The Maxilla"
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