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sphenoid bone
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001677
An unpaired bone situated at the base of the skull in front of the temporal bone and basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly or bat with its wings extended. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoid_bone ]
Term info
Label
sphenoid bone
Synonyms
- os sphenoidale
- sphenoid
- sphenoidal bone
Subsets
uberon_slim, pheno_slim
depicted by
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Illu_cranial_bones2.jpg
external ontology notes
part of viscerocranium (facial skeleton) in FMA
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
sphenoid complex, butterfly bone, os sphenoidale, os sphenoidum
id
UBERON:0001677
Term relations
Subclass of:
- endochondral bone
- pneumatized bone
- sphenoid endochondral element
- facial bone
- has_part some (part of some chondrocranium)
- develops from some sphenoid cartilage element
- has_part some (part of some splanchnocranium)
- has_part some (part of some dermatocranium)
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