Fig. 1
From: Facial fractures: classification and highlights for a useful report
Facial anatomy. a System of facial struts/buttresses. Three-dimensional CT images of an adult skull in frontal view with color overlays. The horizontal buttresses are the upper transverse maxillary (yellow), lower transverse maxillary (orange), upper transverse mandibular (brown), and lower transverse mandibular (green) buttresses. The vertical buttresses are the medial maxillary (red), lateral maxillary (blue), posterior maxillary (pink), and posterior mandibular (green) buttresses. b System of facial partitions. Three-dimensional CT image of an adult skull with color overlays shows partition of facial anatomy into upper (outlined in orange), middle, and lower (outlined in green) thirds, the system used by otolaryngologists to describe locations of fracture