Sphenosquamosal suture

Sphenosquamosal suture

Sphenosquamosal suture (red)

Side view of the skull.
Details
Latin sutura sphenosquamosa
Identifiers
Gray's p.182
Dorlands
/Elsevier
12774197
Anatomical terminology

The Sphenosquamosal suture is a cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the squama of the temporal bone.

Additional images

Left zygomatic bone in situ. 
Base of the skull. Upper surface. 

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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