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Orbitosphenoidal :: Orbitosphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid.

Clinoid :: Clinoid (a.) Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal..

Sphenoidal :: Sphenoidal (a.) Sphenoid.

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

Parasphenoid :: Parasphenoid (n.) The parasphenoid bone.

Basisphenoid :: Basisphenoid (n.) The basisphenoid bone.

Hamular :: Hamular (a.) Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone..

Supraspinal :: Suprasphenoidal (a.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body..

Basisphenoidal :: Basisphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult..

Sphenoidal :: Sphenoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid..

Superspinous :: Supersphenoidal (a.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone..

Alisphenoidal :: Alisphenoidal (a.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal..

Ephippium :: Ephippium (n.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.

Alisphenoid :: Alisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Alisphenoida.

Basisphenoid :: Basisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Basisphenoida.

Epipteric :: Epipteric (a.) Pertaining to a small Wormian bone sometimes present in the human skull between the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid.

Pteron :: Pteron (n.) The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other..

Presphenoid :: Presphenoid (a.) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone)..

Parasphenoid :: Parasphenoid (a.) Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.

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