Definition of sphenoid

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Sphenoid (n.) The sphenoid bone.

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Alisphenoid :: Alisphenoid (n.) The alisphenoid bone.
Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (n.) The sphenoid bone.
Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal..
Supraspinal :: Suprasphenoidal (a.) Situated above the sphenoidal bone; as, the suprasphenoidal appendage, or pituitary body..
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..
Sphenoid :: Sphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone.
Presphenoid :: Presphenoid (n.) The presphenoid bone.
Clinoid :: Clinoid (a.) Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side 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.
Sphenoidal :: Sphenoidal (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, a sphenoid..
Orbitosphenoid :: Orbitosphenoid (n.) The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult..
Parasphenoid :: Parasphenoid (n.) The parasphenoid bone.
Sphenoidal :: Sphenoidal (a.) Sphenoid.
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..
Pterygoid :: Pterygoid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the pterygoid bones, pterygoid processes, or the whole sphenoid bone..
Presphenoidal :: Presphenoidal (a.) Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid.
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..
Orbitosphenoid :: Orbitosphenoid (a.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone..
Pteron :: Pteron (n.) The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other..
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