Large part of the skull front behind the eye socket
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Greater wing of sphenoid bone
Figure 1: Sphenoid bone, upper surface.
Figure 2: Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces.
Details
Identifiers
Latin
ala major ossis sphenoidalis
TA98
A02.1.05.024
TA2
610
FMA
52868
Anatomical terms of bone
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The greater wing of the sphenoid bone, or alisphenoid, is a bony process of the sphenoid bone, positioned in the skull behind each eye. There is one on each side, extending from the side of the body of the sphenoid and curving upward, laterally, and backward.
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