n
(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid [(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.]
adj
(anatomy) basal and ethmoid
adj
(anatomy) basal and postsphenoid
adj
(anatomy) basal and presphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone, especially to a centre of ossification there in the embryo
adj
Alternative form of basisphenoid [(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone, especially to a centre of ossification there in the embryo]
n
(anatomy) Any of three eminences on the sphenoid bone
n
Part of the sphenoid bone in the skull.
adj
(anatomy) external to the ethmoid; prefrontal
n
(anatomy) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.
adj
(anatomy) Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone.
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the ethmoid bone.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ethmoid and frontal bones; ethmofrontal.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ethmoid and nasal bones
adj
Alternative form of ethmosphenoid [(anatomy) Relating to, or joining the ethmoid and sphenoid bones.]
n
The part of the ethmoid bone occupying the caudal part of the nasal fossae
n
(anatomy) An aperture in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the middle meningeal artery.
n
(anatomy) A process of the zygomatic bone articulating superiorly with the frontal bone, forming part of the orbit anteriorly, and articulating with the sphenoid bone posteriorly.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to a suture between the ethmoid bone and the frontal bone, located in the anterior cranial fossa.
n
(anatomy) One of two openings transmitting nerves and blood vessels to or from the orbit, situated inferiorly between the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
n
(anatomy) An opening in the maxilla just below the lower rim of the orbit that gives passage to the infraorbital artery, nerve, and vein.
n
(anatomy) A groove in the middle of the posterior part of the bony floor of the orbit that gives passage to the infraorbital artery, vein, and nerve.
n
(ornithology) the antero-internal angle of the palatine where it rests against the sphenoid rostrum
adj
(anatomy) Between the presphenoid and basisphenoid bones
n
(anatomy) The structure connecting the two wings of the sphenoid bone.
adj
(anatomy) Next to the trigeminal nerve
n
(anatomy) Orbital lamina of ethmoid bone
n
A lateral form of sphenoid bone that is an ossified cartilage in the braincase of crocodilians and birds
n
(anatomy) An anterior triangular process on each side of the sphenoid bone in front of and much smaller than the corresponding greater wing.
n
(anatomy) A bony cartilage, in the centre of the ethmoid part of the skull, that makes up most of the nasal septum.
n
(anatomy) The middle part of the pallium
adj
(anatomy) In the middle of the sphenoid bone
n
the bony ridge beneath the eyebrow; the browbone
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the orbit and the sphenoid bone
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone.
adj
Relating to the orbit (of the eye) and the temple
adj
Relating to the ear and the sphenoid bone
n
A conjoined basisphenoid and parasphenoid
adj
Lying under or alongside the sphenoid.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the parasphenoid (bone)
n
(anatomy) A parethmoid bone.
n
(anatomy) Either of the two parietal bones, on the top and side of the skull.
n
(anatomy) Either of two bones that together form the sides and top of the skull.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the petrous and mastoid parts of the temporal bone; periotic.
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of, pertaining to, or located near the petrous part of the temporal bone or the capsule of the inner ear.
n
(anatomy) Either of two venous sinuses on each side of the base of the brain.
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the maxilla
adj
(anatomy) posterior to the median
adj
(anatomy) Relating to, or connecting the postorbital and squamosal bones
adj
(anatomy) Behind the quadrate or the quadratojugal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.
n
(anatomy) The anterior part of the sphenoid bone (a separate bone before being fused)
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone.
adj
(anatomy) Situated in front of the nasal chambers.
n
(anatomy) The point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the weakest part of the skull.
adj
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to or lying in the region of the inferior part of the sphenoid bone of the vertebrate skull.
n
(anatomy) Each of a pair of projections extending downward from each side of the sphenoid bone in humans and other mammals.
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone.
n
(anatomy) A small triangular space beneath the apex of the orbit that is bounded above by the sphenoid bone and the orbital process of the palatine bone, in front by the maxilla, medially by the palatine bone, and behind by the pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone and that contains among other structures the pterygopalatine ganglion.
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the pterygoid and quadrate bones or cartilages.
adj
Behind the mastoid bone or mastoid process
n
(anatomy) A bone of the skull that surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibians.
adj
Alternative form of sphenoethmoidal. [(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the ethmoid bone.]
adj
(anatomy) sphenoid and basioccipital
n
(anatomy) The midline point on the spheno-occipital synchondrosis.
adj
Alternative form of sphenooccipital [(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid and occipital bones]
adj
Alternative form of sphenethmoid [(anatomy) Of or relating to the sphenoidal and ethmoidal regions of the skull.]
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the ethmoid bone.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and frontal bone.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the compound bone which forms the base of the cranium, behind the eye and below the front part of the brain. It has two pairs of broad lateral ‘wings’ and a number of other projections, and contains two air-filled sinuses.
n
A compound bone at the base of the skull behind the eyes.
n
Alternative form of sphenoid sinus [(anatomy) A paranasal sinus contained within the body of the sphenoid bone.]
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid and malar bones.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a ligament connecting the sphenoid bone and mandibular foramen that limits distension of the mandible in an inferior direction.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the maxilla.
n
(anatomy) Synonym of pterygopalatine fossa.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid and occipital bones
adj
Relating to the sphenoid bone and the orbit (of the eye)
n
(anatomy) A sphenopalatine part.
n
(anatomy) A foramen formed by articulation of a deep notch between the sphenoidal and orbital parts of the vertical plate of the palatine bone with the sphenoid bone.
n
(anatomy) Synonym of pterygopalatine fossa.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid and parietal bones.
adj
(anatomy) sphenoid and petroclival
adj
Alternative form of sphenoorbital [Relating to the sphenoid bone and the orbit (of the eye)]
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid and the temporal bones
n
(anatomy) The sphenotic bone.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the sphenoid bone and the vomer.
adj
Relating to, or connecting the sphenoid bone and the zygomatic bone
n
The platelike part of the temporal bone
adj
(anatomy) squamosal and postorbital
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal
n
(anatomy) The point on the side of the skull where the temporal line, or upper edge of the temporal fossa, crosses the coronal suture.
n
(anatomy) The upper of two thin bony processes of the ethmoid bone on the lateral wall of each nasal fossa that forms the upper boundary of the superior meatus of the nose.
adj
(anatomy) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the sacrum.
adj
(anatomy) Above the inion.
adj
(anatomy) Above the tentorium of the brain.
n
(neuroanatomy) A branch of the frontal nerve supplying the skin of the forehead and the upper eyelid.
n
(anatomy) A broad fossa on the side of the skull of higher vertebrates behind the orbit that contains muscles for raising the lower jaw and that in humans is occupied by the temporalis muscle, is separated from the orbit by the zygomatic bone, is bounded laterally by the zygomatic arch, and lies above the infratemporal crest of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone.
n
(anatomy) The joint on either side of the human head where the jaw (mandible) meets the skull (at the temporal bone).
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to both the temple or temporal bone and the maxilla.
adj
Relating to the temporal and sphenoid bones
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to, the turbinate bone.
adj
tympanic and squamosal (typically, of the temporal bone)
adj
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the zygomatic bone and face.
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the zygomatic bone and sphenoid bone.
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