Sphenozygomatic suture

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Sphenozygomatic suture
Sphenozygomatic suture (highlighted in red)
Sphenozygomatic suture (blue circle)
      Sphenoid bone
      Zygomatic bone
Latin sutura sphenozygomatica
Gray's subject #46 182

The sphenozygomatic suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the zygomatic bone.

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Position of two bones, Animation.
  Sphenoid bone
  Zygomatic bone
 
Sphenozygomatic suture (blue circle), seen from behind. 
Side view of the skull. (Sphenozygomatic suture visible at center, between sphenoid bone, which is colored yellow in the diagram, and the zygomatic bone, which is colored in white.). 
The skull from the side. 

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This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.

Bones of head and neck, joints: cranial fibrous joints (A03.1.01–03, GA 2.178–199)
Cranial syndesmoses
Cranial sutures
Dento-alveolar syndesmosis
Synostoses
  • Synostosis vomerina
  • Synostosis mandibularis
  • Synostosis frontalis
  • Synostosis petrosquamosa
  • Synostosis incisiva

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