external surface of cranial base 357

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external surface of cranial base

Identification

Official Latin term	basis cranii externa
Official term	external surface of cranial base
Official FMA term	external surface of cranial base
Unit identifier	TAH:U357
Unit type	single
Materiality	material

Navigation

Link to the unit	external surface of cranial base
Links of entity	generic: external surface of cranial base
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links	Level 2: cranium Short Extended
	Level 3: cranial base
Taxonomic links	Level 2: anatomical heterogeneous complex
Subsidiary language with Latin
Non Latin primary language

Taxonomic definition

The external surface of cranial base is an anatomical heterogeneous complex

] which constitutes the outer surface of the inferior aspect of the skull.

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U259	skeletal system SOS
TAH:U268	axial skeletal system SOS
TAH:U305	cranium SOS
TAH:U348	cranial base SOS
TAH:U357	external surface of cranial base SOS

TAH:U358	jugular foramen (pair) PES
TAH:U359	lacerum foramen (pair) PES
TAH:U360	bony palate SOS
TAH:U361	greater palatine canal (pair) PES
TAH:U362	greater palatine foramen (pair) PES
TAH:U711	lesser palatine foramen inv
TAH:U364	incisive fossa MES
TAH:U10653	incisive canal und
TAH:U10654	incisive foramen und
TAH:U367	palatine torus SOS
TAH:U368	palatovaginal canal (pair) PES
TAH:U369	vomerovaginal canal (pair) PES
TAH:U370	vomerorostral canal (pair) PES

Total

13 children

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:49443	anatomical complex
FMA:64989	anatomical heterogeneous complex
FMA:53129	external surface of cranial base

Date: 15.06.2025