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Greater wing of sphenoid bone
Large part of the skull front behind the eye socket / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The greater wing of the sphenoid bone, or alisphenoid, is a bony process of the sphenoid bone, positioned in the skull behind each eye. There is one on each side, extending from the side of the body of the sphenoid and curving upward, laterally, and backward.
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Greater wing of sphenoid bone | |
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![]() Figure 1: Sphenoid bone, upper surface. | |
![]() Figure 2: Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces. | |
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Identifiers | |
Latin | ala major ossis sphenoidalis |
TA98 | A02.1.05.024 |
TA2 | 610 |
FMA | 52868 |
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