sphenoid

/sfee-noid/US // ˈsfi nɔɪd //UK // (ˈsfiːnɔɪd) //

螺柱状突起,螺柱状,螺柱形,蝶形

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Also sphe·noi·dal .
- : being in the shape of a wedge; wedge-shaped.
- : Anatomy. of or relating to the compound bone of the base of the skull, at the roof of the pharynx.

n.名词 noun

Tapeisocephaly (low head) is due to synostosis of the great wings of the sphenoid with the frontal.
The sphenoid condyles, seen in posterior view, issue from the dorsal margin of the notochordal socket.
It lies opposite the upper part of the ali-sphenoid, where it articulates with the parietal and squamous-temporal.
The most regular and beautiful forms, and the ones that are commonest in our racial stocks are the ellipsoid, ovoid and sphenoid.
These cavities are bounded superiorly by the sphenoid and 390 ethmoid bones; inferiorly, by the hard palate.