The orbital plate and that part of the sphenoid which is found in the temporal fossa, as well as the lateral pterygoid plate, are ossified in membrane (Fawcett) 34. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 5. The Sphenoid Bone] Reference
Basilar processes of the sphenoid and occipital bones. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
Let's get a couple of brain blades in there and drill down the sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 5, 2009] Reference
The sphenoid bone is in front of the occipital, forming a part of the base of the skull. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Through the newly drilled hole in the sphenoid bone, Yarborough introduced the needle tip. From Wordnik.com. [Life Support] Reference
One was a LOMFDGB little old man fall down and go boom with a nasty 4cm nonlinear laceration on his sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [First Time for Everything] Reference
They are bounded anteriorly by the frontal bone, posteriorly by the occipital, and laterally by the temporal and sphenoid bones. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
With the image on the screen to guide him, Yarborough began to drill through bone, the bit whining through the floor of the sphenoid bone. From Wordnik.com. [Life Support] Reference
The temporal bones, forming the temples on either side, are attached to the sphenoid bone in front, the parietals above, and the occipital behind. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
The "bodies" of these vertebræ are the body of the occipital (basioccipital), the two bodies of the sphenoid (basi - and pre-sphenoid), and the vomer. From Wordnik.com. [Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology] Reference
Since 1998, every MRI I've had for a brain tumor has also shown an abnormal sphenoid sinus fluid level which accounts neatly for my thrice yearly sinus/cold/bronchitis problems. From Wordnik.com. [Are you taking vitamin pills?] Reference
The inferior angle is fused with the body of the sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone] Reference
By the twenty-fifth year the sphenoid and occipital are completely fused. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 5. The Sphenoid Bone] Reference
Between the ex-occipital and ali-sphenoid there is wedged in a bone, the periotic. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
Of these, o.f. is the optic foramen for the exit of nerve II., perforating the orbito-sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
The temporal articulates with five bones: occipital, parietal, sphenoid, mandible and zygomatic. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone] Reference
"Then perhaps you can tell me what the structures are which pass through the foramina of the sphenoid?". From Wordnik.com. [The Firm of Girdlestone] Reference
Localization varies and includes maxillary, sphenoid, ethmoid, and frontal sinuses, and the nasal cavity. From Wordnik.com. [MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians] Reference
Under these conditions we have witnessed fractures of the parietal, of the frontal, and of the sphenoid bones. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
The second division is situated in the angle formed by the sphenoid and maxillary bone, or just below the ear. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
Between the eighteenth and twenty-fifth years the occipital and sphenoid become united, forming a single bone. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone] Reference
The occipital articulates with six bones: the two parietals, the two temporals, the sphenoid, and the atlas. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone] Reference
The frontal bone was the most commonly involved (27 cases, 64.3 %), zfollowed by the sphenoid (24 cases, 57.1 %). From Wordnik.com. [Naturejobs - All Jobs] Reference
Sometimes it articulates with the orbital surface, and sometimes with the lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5b. 2. The Maxillæ (Upper Jaw)] Reference
The parietal articulates with five bones: the opposite parietal, the occipital, frontal, temporal, and sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 2. The Parietal Bone] Reference
The sphenoid bone is situated at the base of the skull in front of the temporals and basilar part of the occipital. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 5. The Sphenoid Bone] Reference
In the young skull this area is rough and uneven, and is joined to the body of the sphenoid by a plate of cartilage. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone] Reference
By the twenty-fifth year this cartilaginous plate is ossified, and the occipital and sphenoid form a continuous bone. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone] Reference
The sphenoidal conchæ are two thin, curved plates, situated at the anterior and lower part of the body of the sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 5. The Sphenoid Bone] Reference
The petrous portion or pyramid is pyramidal and is wedged in at the base of the skull between the sphenoid and occipital. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone] Reference
One, the pterion ossicle, sometimes exists between the sphenoidal angle of the parietal and the great wing of the sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 6. Ethmoid bone] Reference
Similarly the ali-sphenoids (a.s.), are wings to the basi -, and the orbito-sphenoids (o.s.), to the pre-sphenoid bone (p. sp.). From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
The sphenoidal angle, thin and acute, is received into the interval between the frontal bone and the great wing of the sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 2. The Parietal Bone] Reference
The floor of the cranium consists of a series of cartilage bones, the basi-occipital (b.o.), basi-sphenoid (b. sp.), pre-sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata] Reference
The sphenoid bone as it extends up touches the base of the front lobe and of the Ideal region, where it assumes the name of Somnolence. From Wordnik.com. [Buchanan's Journal of Man, April 1887 Volume 1, Number 3] Reference
The antero-inferior border is thick, serrated, and bevelled at the expense of the inner table above and of the outer below, for articulation with the great wing of the sphenoid. From Wordnik.com. [II. Osteology. 5a. 4. The Temporal Bone] Reference
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