See Also: sphenoid bone(medicine)
Bone, sphenoid(health)
rostrum of the sphenoid bone(medicine)
body of sphenoid bone(medicine)
sphenoid process of palatine bone(medicine)
parietal border of sphenoid bone(medicine)
sheath process of sphenoid bone(medicine)
greater wing of sphenoid bone(medicine)
squamous border of sphenoid bone(medicine)
hamular process of sphenoid bone(medicine)

sphenoid bone (medicine)


sphenoid bone


A bone of most irregular shape occupying the base of the skull; it is described as consisting of a central portion, or body, and six processes: two greater wings, two lesser wings and two pterygoid processes; it articulates with the occipital, frontal, ethmoid, and vomer, and with the paired temporal, parietal, zygomatic, palatine and sphenoidal concha bones.

Synonym: os sphenoidale, sphenoid.