Spine of sphenoid bone
Lowest part of the front of the skull behind the eye socket
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Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Spina angularis labeled at bottom left.) | |
Articulation of the mandible. Medial aspect. (Spine of sphenoid labeled at center top.) | |
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Latin | spina ossis sphenoidalis, processus spinosus ossis sphenoidalis |
TA98 | A02.1.05.040 |
TA2 | 626 |
FMA | 54777 |
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata] |
The sphenoidal spine (Latin: "spina angularis") is a downwardly directed process at the apex of the great wings of the sphenoid bone that serves as the origin of the sphenomandibular ligament.[1]
Additional images
- Base of skull. Inferior surface. Spine of sphenoid bone marked with black circle
References
- ^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray's Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 150.
External links
- Anatomy figure: 27:02-04 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center - "Schematic view of key landmarks of the infratemporal fossa."
- "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-02-12.
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Neurocranium of the skull
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