spheno-occipital synchondrosis

spheno-occipital synchondrosis
sphe·no-oc·cip·i·tal synchondrosis .sfē-nō-äk-'sip-ət-əl- n the cartilaginous junction between the basisphenoid and basioccipital bones of the mammalian skull that in humans is usu. closed by the age of 25

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