An unpaired bone situated at the base of the skull in front of the temporal bone and basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly or bat with its wings extended. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoid_bone ]
Synonyms: os sphenoidale sphenoidal bone sphenoid
Term information
- NCIT:C12790
- CALOHA:TS-2343
- FMA:52736
- MESH:D013100
- MA:0001472
- SCTID:272676008
- Wikipedia:Sphenoid_bone
- EMAPA:18340
- GAID:230
uberon_slim, pheno_slim, human_reference_atlas
Term relations
- endochondral bone
- pneumatized bone
- sphenoid endochondral element
- facial bone
- overlaps some splanchnocranium
- develops from some sphenoid cartilage element
- overlaps some chondrocranium
- overlaps some dermatocranium