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Sphenethmoid :: Sphenethmoid (a.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal..

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..

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

Alisphenoid :: Alisphenoid (n.) The alisphenoid bone.

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid 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.

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

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

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..

Orbitosphenoid :: Orbitosphenoid (n.) The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult..

Pterygoid :: Pterygoid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone..

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..

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

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

Presphenoidal :: Presphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid.

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

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

Spheno- :: Spheno- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine..

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

Sphenoidal :: Sphenoidal (a.) Sphenoid.

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