Paired cartilage bones, flat and hexagonal in shape that contact the orbitosphenoid anteriorly. Roofed by the frontal and bordered posteriorly by the prootic and sphenotic, the pterosphenoid bears foramina that accommodate branches of the trigeminal and facial nerves. [ GOC:mh ORCiD:0000-0001-9114-8737 ]
Synonyms: pterosphenoids
Term information
Term relations
- endochondral bone
- pterosphenoid
- part of some chondrocranium
- develops from some taenia marginalis posterior
- overlaps some prootic-pterosphenoid joint
- part of some sphenoid region
- overlaps some parasphenoid-basioccipital joint