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sphenoidal fontanelle ThesaurusNoun | 1.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 ossifiedsphenoid fontanel, sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanelfontanel, fontanelle, soft spot - any membranous gap between the bones of the cranium in an infant or fetus |
sphenoidal fontanelle
sphe·noi·dal fon·ta·nelle [TA] an irregularly shaped interval on the anterolateral aspect of the fetal cranium, bounded anteriorly by the frontal bone, superiorly by the parietal bone, posteriorly by the squamous portion of the temporal bone, and inferiorly by the greater wing of the sphenoid bone. Synonym(s): fonticulus sphenoidalis [TA], fonticulus anterolateralis ☆ , anterolateral fontanellesphenoidal fontanelle
Synonyms for sphenoidal fontanellenoun 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 meetSynonyms- sphenoid fontanel
- sphenoid fontanelle
- sphenoidal fontanel
Related Words- fontanel
- fontanelle
- soft spot
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