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sphenosquamosal

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to the sphenoid and the squamous part of the temporal bone: squamosphenoidal.

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Examples

  • It is traversed by the squamosal, sphenoparietal, sphenosquamosal, and sphenopetrosal sutures.

    II. Osteology. 5d. The Interior of the Skull 1918

  • These bones are joined to one another and to the zygomatic by the following sutures: the zygomaticotemporal between the zygomatic process of the temporal and the temporal process of the zygomatic; the zygomaticofrontal uniting the zygomatic bone with the zygomatic process of the frontal; the sutures surrounding the great wing of the sphenoid, viz., the sphenozygomatic in front, the sphenofrontal and sphenoparietal above, and the sphenosquamosal behind.

    II. Osteology. 5c. The Exterior of the Skull 1918

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