sphenoid bone | (n) butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull, Syn. sphenoid, os sphenoidale |
sphenoid fontanelle | (n) 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, Syn. sphenoidal fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel, sphenoid fontanel |
Alisphenoidal | |
Basisphenoidal | |
Orbitosphenoidal | a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the orbitosphenoid bone; orbitosphenoid. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Presphenoidal | a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Sphenoidal | a. |
Subsphenoidal | a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Supersphenoidal | a. (Anat.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Suprasphenoidal | a. (Anat.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; |