loading...| Preferred Name |
sphenoid bone |
| Synonyms |
sphenoidal bone sphenoid complex os sphenoidum sphenoid butterfly bone os sphenoidale |
| Definitions |
An unpaired bone situated at the base of the skull in front of the temporal bone and basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly or bat with its wings extended. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001677 |
| database_cross_reference |
FMA:52736 MESH:D013100 UMLS:C0037884 NCIT:C12790 SCTID:272676008 CALOHA:TS-2343 MA:0001472 GAID:230 Wikipedia:Sphenoid_bone EMAPA:18340 |
| definition |
An unpaired bone situated at the base of the skull in front of the temporal bone and basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly or bat with its wings extended. |
| depicted by |
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Illu_cranial_bones2.jpg |
| develops_from | |
| has_exact_synonym |
sphenoidal bone sphenoid os sphenoidale |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| has_related_synonym |
sphenoid complex os sphenoidum butterfly bone os sphenoidale |
| id |
UBERON:0001677 |
| in_subset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#uberon_slim http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon/core#human_reference_atlas |
| label |
sphenoid bone |
| notation |
UBERON:0001677 |
| overlaps |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003113 |
| prefLabel |
sphenoid bone |
| present_in_taxon | |
| treeView | |
| UBPROP_0000012 |
part of viscerocranium (facial skeleton) in FMA |
| subClassOf |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0003462 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0015060 |