Identifications - Week #6

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This image has been reconstructed from a set of serial CT scans. Examine the image and the numbered pointers. Answer the questions listed below regarding each of the four labelled structures.

1. Identify the structure at the tip of this pointer.
2. This bony protuberance is a part of which bone.
3. Identify the dark spot at the tip of this pointer.
4. What nerve passes laterally through this space? What is the function(s) of this nerve? What are the locations of the cell bodies for the axons in this nerve?