NOUN | body | os sphenoidale, sphenoid bone, sphenoid | butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull |
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Meaning | butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull. | |
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Synonyms | sphenoid bone, sphenoid | |
Part of | skull | The bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates |
Parts | crotaphion | The tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone |
pterygoid process | Two bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone | |
Broader | bone, os | rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates |
Spanish | esfenoide, esfenoides, hueso esfenoides, os sphenoidale | |
Catalan | esfenoide, os esfenoide |
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