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Cat Skulls
Ventral bones

Biologically related image

Image by: Marc Perkins

A closeup of the ventral skull bones in a disarticulated cat skull.

1. Frontal bone
2. Nasal bone
3. Ethmoid bone
4. Palatine bone
5. Zygomatic bone
6. Lacrimal (lachrymal) bone
7. Parietal bone
8. Interparietal bone
9. Occipital bone
10. Sphenoid
11. Presphenoid
12. Temporal bone


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