Sphenofrontal suture
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| Sphenofrontal suture | |
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| Left zygomatic bone in situ. | |
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| Side view of the skull. (Sphenofrontal suture visible at center, between sphenoid bone, which is colored yellow in the diagram, and the frontal bone, which is colored in gray, and is at the upper left.). | |
| Latin | Sutura sphenofrontalis |
| Gray's | subject #46 182 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | s_30/12774174 |
The Sphenofrontal suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the frontal bone.
[edit] Additional images
 The skull from the front. |
 Base of the skull. Upper surface. |
[edit] External links
- SIG at UWash Sphenofrontal%20suture
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34256.000-2
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-2
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| Bones of head and neck: cranial sutures, fontanelles, and related regions |
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| cranial sutures: Coronal - Lambdoid - Occipitomastoid - Sphenofrontal - Sphenoparietal - Sphenosquamosal - Sphenozygomatic -Squamosal - Zygomaticotemporal - Zygomaticofrontal - Frontal/Metopic - Sagittal - Frontoethmoidal - Petrosquamous - Sphenoethmoidal - Sphenopetrosal
fontanelles: Anterior fontanelle - Posterior fontanelle foramina of multiple bones: Inferior orbital fissure - Foramen lacerum - Jugular foramen - Nasolacrimal canal Anterior cranial fossa - Middle cranial fossa - Posterior cranial fossa - Cranial cavity other compound structures: Asterion - Nasion - Pterion - Dacryon - Zygomatic arch - Calvaria - Infratemporal fossa - Stephanion - Pterygomaxillary fissure - Pterygopalatine fossa |
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