Definition of Alisphenoid. Meaning of Alisphenoid. Synonyms of Alisphenoid

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Definition of Alisphenoid

Alisphenoid
Alisphenoid Al`i*sphe"noid, n. (Anat.) The alisphenoid bone.
Alisphenoid
Alisphenoid Al`i*sphe"noid, Alisphenoidal Al`i*sphe*noid"al, a. [L. ala wing + E. sphenoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining to or forming the wing of the sphenoid; relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid; as, alisphenoid bone; alisphenoid canal.

Meaning of Alisphenoid from wikipedia

- 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...
- braincase from a bone called the anterior lamina, contrasting with the alisphenoid in therians; and a linear alignment of molar cusps, contrasting with...
- morphological characteristics including a shortened rostrum, absent alisphenoid canals, and a relatively flat mandibular fossa. Kinkajous have unique...
- In some rodents, the alisphenoid strut is an extension of the alisphenoid bone that separates two foramina in the skull, the masticatory–buccinator foramen...
- three ear ossicles (i.e., incus, malleus, and stapes), as well as the alisphenoid, the styloid process, the hyoid apparatus, and the thyroid cartilage...
- sphenoid bone. The first ossific nuclei are those for the great wings (alisphenoids). One makes its appearance in each wing between the foramen rotundum...
- processes and no auditory bulla formed by an inflated tympanic wing of the alisphenoid. Subfamily indeterminate †Galanarla Subfamily Nambarinae  †Nambaroo  †Wururoo...
- of the epipterygoid bone at the base of the skull (an area called the alisphenoid in mammals), and the narrowing of the skull roof to a narrow sagittal...
- small articulation between the frontal bone, the zygomatic bone and the alisphenoid bone and is therefore different from the postorbital bar, while it forms...
- which is absent in both B. brydei and B. edeni. Unlike B. edeni, the alisphenoid is separate from the squamosal in B. omurai. The head of the first rib...