Anterior nasal spine 4885668 160597753 2007-09-27T01:03:11Z Rei-bot 3258344 robot Adding: [[hu:Spina nasalis anterior maxillae]] {{Infobox Bone | Name = Anterior nasal spine | Latin = spina nasalis anterior maxillae | GraySubject = 38 | GrayPage = 158 | Image = Spinanasalisanteriormaxillae.PNG | Caption = Left [[maxilla]]. Nasal surface. (Anterior nasal spine labeled at bottom right.) | Image2 = Gray190.png | 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.) | System = | Precursor = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = s_18 | DorlandsSuf = 12749342 | }} 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 images== <gallery> Image:Gray188.png|Side view of the skull. Image:Gray196.png|Roof, floor, and lateral wall of left nasal cavity. </gallery> ==See 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] * {{SUNYAnatomyLabs|22|os|19|11}} - "Osteology of the Skull: The Maxilla" * {{eMedicineDictionary|anterior+nasal+spine+of+maxilla}} * {{RocheLexicon|34256.000-1}} * {{RocheLexicon|34256.000-2}} {{Gray's}} {{Facial bones}} {{musculoskeletal-stub}} [[hu:Spina nasalis anterior maxillae]]