Orbitosphenoid
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Or`bi`to`sphe´noid
| a. | 1. | (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Sphenoid bone is mainly ossified from pre- and post-sphenoid centers with some contribution from alisphenoid and
orbitosphenoid centers.
In the orbitotemporal region of chondrocranium, the
orbitosphenoid is observed (Table 1).
boquiae), form of
orbitosphenoid (short and wide in H.
Two other features may be interpreted as synapomorphies of this clade if a 'fast optimization' is chosen: rostrodermethmoids ossified and not fused with median supraethmoid (29: 0 [right arrow] 1) and
orbitosphenoid not present as independent ossification (44: 0 [right arrow] 1).
Sphenoid bone has a body formed by pre sphenoid and post sphenoid centers along with medial crus of
orbitosphenoid. The lesser and greater wings develop from orbito-sphenoids and ali-sphenoids respectively.
1) runs from the parasphenoid, pterosphenoid and
orbitosphenoid to the hyomandibulo-metapterygoid, the quadrate-symplectic and the ento-ectopterygoid.
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