English
Detailed Synonyms for sphenoid fontanelle in English
sphenoid fontanelle:
sphenoid fontanelle [the ~] noun
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the sphenoid fontanelle
– the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified 1the sphenoid fontanel; the sphenoid fontanelle; the sphenoidal fontanel; the sphenoidal fontanelle– the irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified 1