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Definition of Sphenoid fontanel

1. Noun. 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 ossified.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sphenoid Fontanel

sphenoidal fontanelle sphenoidal herniation sphenoidal part of middle cerebral artery sphenoidal ridges sphenoidal sinus sphenoidal sinus aperture sphenoidal spine sphenoidal turbinated bones sphenoiditis sphenoidostomy

sphenoidotomy sphenoids sphenoid bone sphenoid bone sphenoid crest sphenoid fontanel (current term) sphenoid fontanelle sphenoid process sphenoid process of palatine bone sphenoid process of septal cartilage

sphenoid sinus sphenoid sinusitis sphenomalar sphenomandibular ligament sphenomaxillary sphenomaxillary fissure sphenomaxillary fossa sphenomaxillary suture sphenopalatine sphenopalatine artery

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