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Alisphenoidal :: Alisphenoidal (a.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal..

Alisphenoid :: Alisphenoid (n.) The alisphenoid bone.

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) The sphenoid bone.

Basipterygoid :: Basipterygoid (a. & n.) Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.

Basisphenoid :: Basisphenoid (n.) The basisphenoid bone.

Basisphenoidal :: Basisphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult..

Spheno- :: Spheno- () A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sphenoid bone; as in sphenomaxillary, sphenopalatine..

Supraspinal :: Suprasphenoidal (a.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body..

Parasphenoid :: Parasphenoid (a.) Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals.

Postsphenoid :: Postsphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the posterior part of the sphenoid bone.

Hamular :: Hamular (a.) Hooked; hooklike; hamate; as, the hamular process of the sphenoid bone..

Ephippium :: Ephippium (n.) A depression in the sphenoid bone; the pituitary fossa.

Basisphenoid :: Basisphenoid (a.) Alt. of Basisphenoida.

Superspinous :: Supersphenoidal (a.) Situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the body of the sphenoid bone..

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal..

Subspherical :: Subsphenoidal (a.) Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone..

Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid.

Orbitosphenoid :: Orbitosphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone..

Presphenoid :: Presphenoid (a.) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i. e., the presphenoid bone)..

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