HyperDic: sphenoid_bone

English > 1 sense of the expression sphenoid bone:
NOUNbodysphenoid bone, sphenoid, os sphenoidalebutterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull
English > sphenoid bone: 1 sense > noun 1, body
Meaningbutterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull.
Synonymssphenoid, os sphenoidale
Part ofskullThe bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates
PartscrotaphionThe tip of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone
pterygoid processTwo bony processes descending from the body of the sphenoid bone
Broaderbone, osrigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
Spanishesfenoide, esfenoides, hueso esfenoides, os sphenoidale
Catalanesfenoide, os esfenoide

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