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sphenoid bone

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On axial planes, it sits just posterior to the sphenoid sinuses. en.wikipedia.org

It is located posterior to the maxilla, between the lateral pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone medially and by the base of skull superiorly. en.wikipedia.org

The hypophyseal fossa is located in a depression in the body of the sphenoid bone. en.wikipedia.org

The former involve the occipital bone, temporal bone, and portions of the sphenoid bone; the latter, superior portions of the sphenoid and ethmoid bones. en.wikipedia.org

Some of the fibers also pass through the fissure to the spine of sphenoid bone. en.wikipedia.org

The pituitary gland is located below the brain in a depression (fossa) of the sphenoid bone known as the sella turcica. en.wikipedia.org

Computer-aided surgery has re-established the drainage of affected sinuses, especially with regard to the sphenoid sinuses. en.wikipedia.org

Crossing the under surface of the sphenoid, the sphenopalatine artery ends on the nasal septum as the posterior septal branches. en.wikipedia.org

Another specific wormian bone, the pterion ossicle, sometimes exists between the sphenoidal angle of the parietal bone and the great wing of the sphenoid bone. en.wikipedia.org

In the young skull this area is rough and uneven, and is joined to the body of the sphenoid by a plate of cartilage. en.wikipedia.org

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