Sphenosquamosal suture
Cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the squama of the temporal bone
| Sphenosquamosal suture | |
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 Sphenosquamosal suture (red) | |
 Side view of the skull | |
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| Latin | sutura sphenosquamosa |
| TA98 | A03.1.02.008 |
| TA2 | 1582 |
| FMA | 52944 |
| Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata] | |
The sphenosquamosal suture is a cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the squama of the temporal bone.
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Left zygomatic bone in situ -
Base of the skull. Upper surface.
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 182 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sphenosquamosal sutures.
- "Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11.
- "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22.
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Fibrous joints of the human skull
- Pterygospinous ligament
- Stylohyoid ligament
- Involving the frontal bone
- frontoethmoidal suture
- frontal suture
- coronal suture
- occipitomastoid
- lambdoid
- sagittal
- Involving the sphenoid bone
- sphenoethmoidal
- with frontal bone
- with parietal bone
- sphenosquamosal
- Involving the Petrous part of the temporal bone
- squamosal
- Facial: palatomaxillary suture
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