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It is divided into the following parts:
- A median portion, known as the body of Sphenoid bone, containing the sella turcica which houses the pituitary gland.
- Two greater wings and Two lesser wings
- Pterygoid processes of the Sphenoids which project from it posteriorly.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 15y agoIt is a compound bone located at the base of the skull.
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∙ 14y agoThe sphenoid bone is on the side of the head just behind the temple
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∙ 15y agoit is the essential bone of the base of the skull
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∙ 9y agoThe sphenoid is an irregular bone.
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∙ 12y agono, Its part of the cranial bones.
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What bone is found just posterior to the ethmoid bone?
Posterior means behind or toward the back -- so which bone is behind the ethmoid bone? The sphenoid bone (butterfly shaped one).The bone that is found just posterior to the ethmoid bone in the orbit is the sphenoid. Major paranasal sinuses are the ethmoid, sphenoid, frontal, and maxillary sinuses.
What are 4 bones containing paranasal sinuses?
The maxillae contain the maxillary sinuses, the ethmoid and sphenoid contain the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses, respectively. ****Maxilla is a facial bone, the three cranial bones that contain sinuses are ethmoid, sphenoid and frontal.
What cranial bone articulates with all other cranial bones?
The Sphenoid (Sphenoidal Bone) this is why it is know as the keystone of the cranial floor *The sphenoid is not a facial bone, it is a cranial bone. There is no facial bone which 'articulates' with 'every other facial bone'. Articulation suggests jointed so sutures would make more sense & these sutures would be on all facial bones edges which knit them together
Which cranial bone spans the width of the cranial floor?
Sphenoid bone
Why is the sphenoid bone called the keystone of the cranial floor?
Sphenoid bone: A prominent, irregular, wedge-shaped bone at the base of the skull. The sphenoid bone has been called the "keystone" of the cranial floor since it is in contact with all of the other cranial bones.The Greek physician Galen wrote that the sphenoid bone was "like a wedge thrust between the skull and the superior maxilla."
What bone is butterfly shaped?
sphenoid bone
Single irregular bat-shaped bone forming part of the cranial floor?
It is a sphenoid bone; single, irregular bat(a bird)-shape bone forming part of the CRANIAL Floor. Not many people think sphenoid bone being part of the cranial bone that is why they don't find any answer to this question. but Sphenoid bone is one of the cranial bone and can be found on the cranial floor when looking at the skull from its superior view.
What is the ramus sphenoid?
it is the bone that you can touch behind the last molar and it is apart of the sphenoid bone better known as the ramus of the sphenoid.
What bone is found just posterior to the ethmoid bone?
Posterior means behind or toward the back -- so which bone is behind the ethmoid bone? The sphenoid bone (butterfly shaped one).The bone that is found just posterior to the ethmoid bone in the orbit is the sphenoid. Major paranasal sinuses are the ethmoid, sphenoid, frontal, and maxillary sinuses.
What are 4 bones containing paranasal sinuses?
The maxillae contain the maxillary sinuses, the ethmoid and sphenoid contain the ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses, respectively. ****Maxilla is a facial bone, the three cranial bones that contain sinuses are ethmoid, sphenoid and frontal.
What cranial bone articulates with all other cranial bones?
The Sphenoid (Sphenoidal Bone) this is why it is know as the keystone of the cranial floor *The sphenoid is not a facial bone, it is a cranial bone. There is no facial bone which 'articulates' with 'every other facial bone'. Articulation suggests jointed so sutures would make more sense & these sutures would be on all facial bones edges which knit them together
What bone is the optic canal is found in?
sphenoid bone.
What bone has lesser or greater wings?
Sphenoid Bone
What is that bone formation that the pituitary gland is resting in?
Sphenoid bone
What bone is found just posterior to the ethmoid bone of the orbit?
the sphenoid bone
What are the features of the sphenoid cranial bone?
Sphenoid Bone:(from Greek sphenoeides, meaning "wedgelike") wedge like bone, one of the eight Cranial Bones. There are fourteen Facial Bones...
Which cranial bone spans the width of the cranial floor?
Sphenoid bone
