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Preferred Label : sphenoid bone;

MeSH definition : An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS).;

MeSH synonym : bone, sphenoid; sphenoid bones;

CISMeF synonym : bones, sphenoid;

MeSH hyponym : Greater Sphenoid Wings; Sphenoid Wing, Greater;

MeSH annotation : fractures: coordinate SPHENOID BONE /inj (IM) SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with SKULL NEOPLASMS (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoid bone;

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An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS).

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01/11/2024


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