alisphenoid bone
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006721
Either of the broad curved wing like expanses on each side of the sphenoid bone in adults; may exist independently in the young. [ http://www.informatics.jax.org/accession/smb http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0-683-40008-8&isbn=1/ MP:0003235 ]
Synonyms: alisphenoid bone, greater wing of sphenoidal bone, greater wing of sphenoid, ala major (os sphenoidale)
Term info
- EMAPA:36567
- Wikipedia:Greater_wing_of_sphenoid_bone
- MA:0002772
- SCTID:361298007
- FMA:52868
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The alisphenoid in mammals is part cartilage bone, part membrane bone[PMC1231738] In many mammals, e.g. the dog, the greater wing of the sphenoid bone stays through life a separate bone called the alisphenoid[WP].
The mammalian alisphenoid forms the greater wing of the sphenoid bone, which contributes a small part of the skull vault just caudal to the orbit, and also underlies the basal part of the frontal and parietal bones in the fetus (Iseki et al. 1997)
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greater wing of sphenoid bone, ala major ossis sphenoidalis, epipterygoid bone, epipterygoid
uberon
UBERON:0006721
Greater wing of sphenoid
Term relations
- alisphenoid endochondral element
- lateral structure
- neurocranium bone
- endochondral bone
- facial bone
- mesoderm-derived structure
- contributes to morphology of some sphenoid bone
- part of some basicranium
- in lateral side of some basicranium
- develops from some alisphenoid ossification center
- part of some sphenoid bone
- develops from some alisphenoid cartilage element