An unpaired bone situated at the base of the skull in front of the temporal bone and basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly or bat with its wings extended. [ Wikipedia:Sphenoid_bone ]
术语信息
- FMA:52736
- CALOHA:TS-2343
- GAID:230
- Wikipedia:Sphenoid_bone
- EMAPA:18340
- SCTID:272676008
- UMLS:C0037884 (ncithesaurus:Sphenoid_Bone)
- OpenCyc:Mx4rwAU9XpwpEbGdrcN5Y29ycA
- NCIT:C12790
- MA:0001472
- MESH:D013100
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
An unpaired bone situated at the base of the skull in front of the temporal bone and basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly or bat with its wings extended.
术语关系
- endochondral bone
- pneumatized bone
- sphenoid endochondral element
- facial bone
- develops from some sphenoid cartilage element
- has part some (part of some chondrocranium)
- has part some (part of some dermatocranium)
- has part some (part of some splanchnocranium)