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sphenoid bone

British  

noun

  1. the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The eight cranial bones are the frontal bone, two parietal bones, two temporal bones, occipital bone, sphenoid bone, and the ethmoid bone.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

It is located within the body of the sphenoid bone, just anterior and inferior to the sella turcica, thus making it the most posterior of the paranasal sinuses.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The lesser wings of the sphenoid bone form the prominent ledge that marks the boundary between the anterior and middle cranial fossae.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The middle cranial fossa is divided at the midline by the upward bony prominence of the sella turcica, a part of the sphenoid bone.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Presently the two students returned, looking just a little shame-faced, and plunged instantly into wild talk about the weather, the town, and the University—anything and everything except the sphenoid bone.

From The Firm of Girdlestone by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

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