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Abstract
An irregular unpaired bone situated at the SKULL BASE and wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones (FRONTAL BONE; TEMPORAL BONE; OCCIPITAL BONE). Sphenoid bone consists of a median body and three pairs of processes resembling a bat with spread wings. The body is hollowed out in its inferior to form two large cavities (SPHENOID SINUS).
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- Bone, Sphenoid
- Sphenoid Bones
- Greater Sphenoid Wing
- Greater Sphenoid Wings
- Sphenoid Wing, Greater
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24 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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fractures: coordinate SPHENOID BONE /inj (IM) + SKULL FRACTURES (IM); neoplasms: coordinate IM with SKULL NEOPLASMS (IM)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Sphenoid Bone. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013100. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013100
- Sphenoid Bone. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoid_bone
- Sphenoid Bone. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16321