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sphenoid bone

NOUN
  1. butterfly-shaped bone at the base of the skull

How To Use sphenoid bone In A Sentence

  • The bullet had entered through the left temple, burning and splitting the skin and singeing Grace's hair above the wound, and shattering the sphenoid bone. The Killing Kind
  • You know that there is a disease called giantism, caused by 'a certain morbid process in the sphenoid bone of the skull -- viz., an excessive development of the anterior lobe of the pituitary body '(this is from the nearest encyclopedia). Oscar Wilde, Volume 2 (of 2) His Life and Confessions
  • Metastasis to the brain can occur by way of Batson's plexus or by direct extension from adjacent structures such as the sphenoid bone or sinuses.
  • The third through the left sphenoid bone, the fourth through the left temporal bone. Shortcut Man
  • Somewhat further back, the dura has been separated from the body of the sphenoid bone.
  • Vesalius gives a good account of the sphenoid bone, with its large and small wings and its pterygoid processes; and he accurately describes the vestibule in the interior of the temporal bone. Fathers of Biology
  • You know that there is a disease called giantism, caused by ‘a certain morbid process in the sphenoid bone of the skull — viz., an excessive development of the anterior lobe of the pituitary body’ (this is from the nearest encyclopedia). Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
  • Through the newly drilled hole in the sphenoid bone, Yarborough introduced the needle tip. Life Support
  • You know that there is a disease called giantism, caused by ‘a certain morbid process in the sphenoid bone of the skull — viz., an excessive development of the anterior lobe of the pituitary body’ (this is from the nearest encyclopedia). Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions
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