The sphenoid bone is an unpaired bone of the neurocranium. It is situated in the middle of the skull towards the front, in front of the basilar part of...

The body of the sphenoid bone, more or less cubical in shape, is hollowed out in its interior to form two large cavities, the sphenoidal sinuses, which...

The sphenoid sinus is a paired paranasal sinus in the body of the sphenoid bone. It is one pair of the four paired paranasal sinuses. The two sphenoid sinuses...

perpendicularly from the regions where the body and the greater wings of the sphenoid bone unite. Each process consists of a medial pterygoid plate and a lateral...

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The greater wing of the sphenoid bone, or alisphenoid, is a bony process of the sphenoid bone, positioned in the skull behind each eye. There is one on...

wings of the sphenoid bone that serves as the origin of the sphenomandibular ligament. Base of skull. Inferior surface. Spine of sphenoid bone marked with...

The zygomatic bone articulates with the frontal bone, sphenoid bone, and paired temporal bones, and maxillary bones. The zygomatic bone is generally described...

Look up sphenoid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sphenoid may refer to: Sphenoid bone, a bone in anatomy Sphenoid (geometry), a tetrahedron with 2-fold...

of sphenoid bone or ala ossis sphenoidalis can refer to: Greater wing of sphenoid bone (ala major ossis sphenoidalis) Lesser wing of sphenoid bone (ala...

angle of the parietal bone, and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone. The inferior angle is fused with the body of the sphenoid bone. The superior borders...

'Turkish saddle') is a saddle-shaped depression in the body of the sphenoid bone of the human skull and of the skulls of other hominids including chimpanzees...

bones (8) Occipital bone Parietal bones (2) Frontal bone Temporal bones (2) Sphenoid bone (sometimes counted as facial) Ethmoid bone (sometimes counted...

The foramen rotundum is a circular hole in the sphenoid bone of the skull. It connects the middle cranial fossa and the pterygopalatine fossa. It allows...

projection of the sphenoid bone at the junction of the medial end of either lesser wing of sphenoid bone with the body of sphenoid bone. The bilateral processes...

zygomatic bone. Posteroinferior to the squamous is the mastoid part. Fused with the squamous and mastoid parts and between the sphenoid and occipital bones lies...

palate. The palatine bones are situated at the back of the nasal cavity between the maxilla and the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone. They contribute...

located between the sphenoid bone, the apex of the petrous part of the temporal bone, and the basilar part of the occipital bone. The foramen lacerum...

foramen ovale (En: oval window) is a hole in the posterior part of the sphenoid bone, posterolateral to the foramen rotundum. It is one of the larger of...

part of the occipital bone at the base of the skull. It is a shallow depression behind the dorsum sellae of the sphenoid bone. It slopes gradually to...

magnum, and tentorium cerebelli. It is formed by the sphenoid bones, temporal bones, and occipital bone. It lodges the cerebellum, and parts of the brainstem...

The pterion is the region where the frontal, parietal, temporal, and sphenoid bones join. It is located on the side of the skull, just behind the temple...

sinuses are behind the eyes. The sinuses are named for the facial bones and sphenoid bone in which they are located. Their role is disputed. Humans possess...

irregular bones can be found. There are, in all, 33 irregular bones found here. The irregular bones are: the vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx, temporal, sphenoid, ethmoid...

The foramen spinosum is a small open hole in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery and vein, and the...

part of the temporal bone is pyramid-shaped and is wedged in at the base of the skull between the sphenoid and occipital bones. Directed medially, forward...

pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone. The lateral and medial pterygoid plates (of the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone) diverge behind and enclose...

pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone, and to the perpendicular lamina of the palatine bone. "Origin of the pterygoid bone and pharyngeal musculature...

derive from a single bone, but a mosaic of seven embryologically distinct structures: the zygomatic bone laterally, the sphenoid bone, with its lesser wing...

the lateral sellar compartment bordered by the temporal bone of the skull and the sphenoid bone, lateral to the sella turcica. The cavernous sinus is one...