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Preferred Label : alisphenoid bone;

Uberon definition : either of the broad curved wing like expanses on each side of the sphenoid bone in adults; may exist independently in the young;

Uberon synonym : greater wing of sphenoid; ala major (os sphenoidale); greater wing of sphenoidal bone;

Uberon related term : epipterygoid; epipterygoid bone; greater wing of sphenoid bone;

Uberon Development note : The mammalian alisphenoid forms the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, which contributes a small part of the skull vault just caudal to the orbit, and also underlies the basal part of the frontal and parietal bones in the fetus (Iseki et al. 1997);

Uberon Taxon note : The alisphenoid in mammals is part cartilage bone, part membrane bone[PMC1231738] In many mammals, e.g. the dog, the greater wing of the sphenoid bone stays through life a separate bone called the alisphenoid[WP].;

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either of the broad curved wing like expanses on each side of the sphenoid bone in adults; may exist independently in the young

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07/07/2025


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