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alisphenoid bone

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either of the broad curved wing like expanses on each side of the sphenoid bone in adults; may exist independently in the young [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0-683-40008-8 ]

Term info

Label

alisphenoid bone

Synonyms
  • ala major (os sphenoidale)
  • alisphenoid bone
  • greater wing of sphenoid
  • greater wing of sphenoidal bone
database cross reference
Subsets

pheno_slim

depicted by

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development notes

The mammalian alisphenoid forms the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, which contributes a small part of the skull vault just caudal to the orbit, and also underlies the basal part of the frontal and parietal bones in the fetus (Iseki et al. 1997)

has related synonym

greater wing of sphenoid bone, ala major ossis sphenoidalis, epipterygoid bone, epipterygoid

id

UBERON:0006721

taxon notes

The alisphenoid in mammals is part cartilage bone, part membrane bone[PMC1231738] In many mammals, e.g. the dog, the greater wing of the sphenoid bone stays through life a separate bone called the alisphenoid[WP].