Sphenosquamosal suture

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

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Left zygomatic bone in situ.

Base of the skull. Upper surface.

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"Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2014-01-01.

Fibrous joints of the human skull
Syndesmosis	Pterygospinous ligament Stylohyoid ligament
Sutures	Involving the frontal bone frontoethmoidal suture frontal suture coronal suture occipitomastoid lambdoid sagittal Involving the sphenoid bone sphenoethmoidal with frontal bone with parietal bone sphenosquamosal Involving the Petrous part of the temporal bone sphenopetrosal petrosquamous squamosal Facial: palatomaxillary suture Involving the zygomatic process with sphenoid bone with temporal bone with frontal bone
Mouth	Gomphosis Periodontal fiber Periodontium Dental alveolus Gingiva Cementum

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