- sphenoid angle
- sphenoidal angle 1. an angle at the top of the sella turcica between lines from the nasal point and from the tip of the rostrum of the sphenoid. 2. angulus sphenoidalis ossis parietalis.
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angle — The meeting point of two lines or planes; the figure formed by the junction of two lines or planes; the space bounded on two sides by lines or planes that meet. For angles not listed below, see the descriptive term; e.g., axioincisal, distobuccal … Medical dictionary
Greater wing of sphenoid bone — Infobox Bone Name = Greater wing of sphenoid bone Latin = ala major ossis sphenoidalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 149 Caption = Figure 1: Sphenoid bone, upper surface. Caption2 = Figure 2: Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. Width =… … Wikipedia
Body of sphenoid bone — Infobox Bone Name = Body of sphenoid bone Latin = corpus ossis sphenoidalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 147 Caption = Figure 2: Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. Caption2 = Figure 3: Sphenoid bone, upper and posterior surfaces.… … Wikipedia
Spine of sphenoid bone — Infobox Bone Name = Spine of sphenoid bone Latin = s. ossis sphenoidalis GraySubject = 35 GrayPage = 150 Caption = Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Spina angularis labeled at bottom left.) Caption2 = Articulation of the mandible. Medial aspect.… … Wikipedia
olfactive angle — olfactory angle the angle formed by the line of the olfactory fossa and the os planum of the sphenoid bone … Medical dictionary
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angulus sphenoidalis ossis parietalis — [TA] sphenoid angle of parietal bone: the anteroinferior angle of the parietal bone, which articulates with the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and the frontal bone; called also anterior inferior angle of parietal bone and Welcker angle … Medical dictionary
sphenion — The tip of the sphenoidal angle of the parietal bone; a craniometric point. [Mod. L. fr. G. sphen, wedge, + dim. ion] * * * sphe·ni·on (sfeґne on) pl. spheґnia [Gr. sphēn wedge + on neuter ending] the cranial point at the sphenoid angle of… … Medical dictionary
Process — In anatomy, a process is a projection from a structure. The process of the mandible is the part of the lower jaw that projects forward. In a more general sense, a process is a series of actions or events that are part of a system or of a… … Medical dictionary
border — The part of a surface that forms its outer boundary. SEE ALSO: edge, margin, b.. SYN: margo [TA]. alveolar b. 1. the most occlusal edge of the alveolar bone; 2. SYN: alveolar process of … Medical dictionary
