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{{Short description|Skull-base bone; pterygoids and SOS}} | {{Short description|Skull-base bone; pterygoids and SOS}} | ||
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| name = Sphenoid bone | | name = Sphenoid bone | ||
| field = Anatomy | | field = Anatomy | ||
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The '''sphenoid''' is the keystone of the skull base: greater/lesser wings in the [[orbit]], pterygoid plates behind the [[maxilla]], body of the sella. Looksmaxxing meets it as [[spheno-occipital synchondrosis]] and as the pterygomaxillary junction that a LeFort I separates so the maxilla can be moved. You do not “sphenoidmaxx.” | The '''sphenoid''' is the keystone of the skull base: greater/lesser wings in the [[orbit]], pterygoid plates behind the [[maxilla]], body of the sella. Looksmaxxing meets it as [[spheno-occipital synchondrosis]] and as the pterygomaxillary junction that a LeFort I separates so the maxilla can be moved. You do not “sphenoidmaxx.” | ||
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Sphenoid bone.png|Sphenoid | |||
Sphenoid bone - animation.gif|Rotation | |||
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Images from Wikimedia Commons via InstantCommons. | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 01:18, 10 September 2026
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The sphenoid is the keystone of the skull base: greater/lesser wings in the orbit, pterygoid plates behind the maxilla, body of the sella. Looksmaxxing meets it as spheno-occipital synchondrosis and as the pterygomaxillary junction that a LeFort I separates so the maxilla can be moved. You do not “sphenoidmaxx.”
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Images from Wikimedia Commons via InstantCommons.
See also
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