Anatomy Workshop: Skull

Good Afternoon,

As a professional medical illustrator and modeler, nice overall job BUT you mislabeled some of the anatomy. The zygomatic arch is not labeled in the right place - it is currently pointing to the area almost at the junction of the zygomatic bone and frontal bone. The arch is the portion that wraps around to the side of the skull. The temporal fossa should point to the temporal bone and closer to the area behind the zygomatic arch. Where the temporomandibular arch is labeled - this is the mandibular condyle - and forms the temporomandibular joint when fit into the mandibular fossa below the junction of the zygomatic arch and the temporal bone. Also, while I'm at it - the mandibular condyle is seated in an OK position, but in order to be more accurate - the external acoustic meatus (hole) is missing - it is the area between the mandibular condyle and mastoid process.

This is a great starting point, but if you label anatomy, it has to be labeled correctly or you are misleading yourself and anyone who uses this as a reference.

Again - great start - but if you try to learn from inaccuracy - then you own work will also be inaccurate as well as anyone who references it, not to mention correct terminology only helps you and others to communicate exact locations.

Sorry - I do this for a living.

Hope this was constructive and helps for the future.