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Muscles acting across the shoulder will also pull the shoulder and lateral clavicle anteriorly and medially, causing the clavicle fragments to override.

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The middle fossa extends from the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone anteriorly to the petrous ridge posteriorly.

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Below this area and projecting anteriorly is the zygomatic process of the temporal bone, which forms the posterior portion of the zygomatic arch.

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Projecting superiorly and anteriorly from the ischial tuberosity is a narrow segment of bone called the ischial ramus.

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The moderate-sized nasals are rounded anteriorly, and bear relatively short, sometimes blunt, maxillary processes.

From Neotropical Hylid Frogs, Genus Smilisca by Duellman, William E.