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
The lesser wing of the sphenoid bone separates the anterior and middle cranial fossae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
On the inferior aspect of the skull, each half of the sphenoid bone forms two thin, vertically oriented bony plates.
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
What are the different foramina of the sphenoid bone, and what structures pass through them?
From The Firm of Girdlestone by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir
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