Spine of sphenoid bone
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| Bone: Spine of sphenoid bone | |
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| Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Spina angularis labeled at bottom left.) | |
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| Articulation of the mandible. Medial aspect. (Spine of sphenoid labeled at center top.) | |
| Latin | s. ossis sphenoidalis |
| Gray's | subject #35 150 |
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The great wings, or ali-sphenoids, are two strong processes of bone, which arise from the sides of the body, and are curved upward, lateralward, and backward; the posterior part of each projects as a triangular process which fits into the angle between the squama and the petrous portion of the temporal and presents at its apex a downwardly directed process, the spina angularis (sphenoidal spine).
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 27:02-04 - "Schematic view of key landmarks of the infratemporal fossa."
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-1
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