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nounbutterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
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Definition that contains sphenoid
- pterion the craniometric point in the region of the sphenoid fontanelle
- sphenoid fontanelle the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
- pterygoid muscle muscle descending from the sphenoid bone to the lower jaw
- sphenoidal fontanel the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
- pterygoid process two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone
- sphenoidal fontanelle the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
- crotaphion the tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone
- sphenoid fontanel the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified