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- noun Plural form of
alisphenoid .
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The basisphenoid with the alisphenoids, which develop independently in the side walls of the brain, may, however, still be considered as forming a vertebra, though the resemblance is not so great as in the case of the occipital ring.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The side parts of the basisphenoid and presphenoid (forming the alisphenoids and the orbitosphenoids respectively) develop in cartilage separately from the cranial basis, not like the exoccipitals in continuity with it.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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The frontals develop in continuity with the orbitosphenoids, the parietals in continuity with the alisphenoids, and so have much resemblance with the vertebral neural arches which surround the spinal column (p. 195).
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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(exoccipitals), the alæ of the two sphenoids (alisphenoids and orbitosphenoids) and the lateral surfaces of the vomer.
Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology
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