| sphenoethmoid | Relating to the sphenoid and ethmoid bones. Synonym: sphenethmoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| sphenoethmoidal | <anatomy> Sphenethmoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sphenoethmoidal recess | A small cleftlike pocket of the nasal cavity above the superior concha into which the sphenoid sinuses drain. Synonym: recessus sphenoethmoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenoethmoidal suture | Line of union between the crest of the sphenoid bone and the perpendicular and cribriform plates of the ethmoid. Synonym: sutura sphenoethmoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenoethmoidal synchondrosis | Cartilaginous union between the body of the sphenoid and the posterior part of the ethmoidal labyrinth. Synonym: synchondrosis sphenoethmoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenofrontal | Relating to the sphenoid and frontal bones. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenofrontal suture | Line of union between the orbital plate of the frontal and the lesser wings of the sphenoid on either side. Synonym: sutura sphenofrontalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenographer | One skilled in sphenography; a sphenographist. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sphenographic | Of or pertaining to sphenography. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sphenographist | A sphenographer. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sphenography | The art of writing in cuneiform characters, or of deciphering inscriptions made in such characters. Origin: Gr. A wedge. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sphenoid | 1. Wedge-shaped; as, a sphenoid crystal. 2. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone. <anatomy> Sphenoid bone, an irregularly shaped bone in front of the occipital in the base of the skull of the higher vertebrates. It is composed of several foetal bones which become united the adult. See Alisphenoid, Basisphenoid, Orbitosphenoid, Presphenoid. Origin: Gr.; a wedge + form: cf. F. Sphenoide. 1. <chemistry> A wedge-shaped crystal bounded by four equal isosceles triangles. It is the hemihedral form of a square pyramid. 2. <anatomy> The sphenoid bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sphenoid bone | A bone of most irregular shape occupying the base of the skull; it is described as consisting of a central portion, or body, and six processes: two greater wings, two lesser wings and two pterygoid processes; it articulates with the occipital, frontal, ethmoid, and vomer, and with the paired temporal, parietal, zygomatic, palatine and sphenoidal concha bones. Synonym: os sphenoidale, sphenoid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenoid crest | A vertical ridge in the midline of the anterior surface of the sphenoid bone that articulates with the perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone. Synonym: crista sphenoidalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenoid process | The posterior and smaller of the two processes at the extremity of the vertical plate of the palatine bone; processus sphenoidalis cartilaginis septi nasi, processus posterior cartilaginis septi nasi. Synonym: processus sphenoidalis, sphenoid process. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sphenoid |
Sinuses located behind the nose.
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| spheno-occipital |
pertaining to the sphenoid and occipital bones.
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| spheno-occipital f. |
fissura sphenooccipitalis.
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| spheno-occipital s. |
1. s. sphenooccipitalis. 2. in cephalometric radiology, the uppermost point of the synchondrosis sphenooccipitalis. Called also point SO. Abbreviated SO.
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| sphenobasilar |
pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone. Cf. spheno-occipital.
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| sphen | the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet |
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| sphen | the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet |
| sphen | horsetails and related forms |