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OS SPHENOIDALE [1 record]

Record 1 2021-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
os sphenoidale
Latin
A02.1.05.001
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Wedged between the frontal, temporal, and occipital bones is the sphenoid, an irregular unpaired bone that consists of a body and three pairs of processes: greater wings, lesser wings, and the pterygoid processes.

OBS

sphenoidal bone; sphenoid: designations derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.05.001: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
os sphenoidale
Latin
A02.1.05.001
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Enclavé entre les os frontal, temporaux et occipital, le sphénoïde est un os impair irrégulier composé d'un corps et de trois paires de processus : les grandes ailes, les petites ailes et les processus ptérygoïdes.

OBS

os sphénoïde; sphénoïde : désignations dérivées de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.05.001 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
os sphenoidale
Latin
A02.1.05.001
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Hueso impar del cráneo, de forma irregular, situado en el centro de la base del cráneo, por delante del occipital y por detrás del etmoides, que se articula con dichos huesos, y además con el frontal y el vómer, ambos temporales, parietales, malares y palatinos.

OBS

hueso esfenoides: designación derivada de la Terminología Anatómica.

OBS

A02.1.05.001: número de identificación de la Terminología Anatómica.

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