sphenoid bone
Britishnoun
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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 extends from the frontal bone anteriorly to the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone posteriorly.
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
The pituitary, seated in the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone, is directly inferior to the optic chiasm.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Large anatomical prints depend from the walls, and a few vertebræ, a lower jaw, and a sphenoid bone, are scattered upon the table.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 18, 1841 by Various
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