Sphenofrontal suture

The sphenofrontal suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the frontal bone.

Sphenofrontal suture
Sphenofrontal suture (shown in red).
Side view of the skull. (Sphenofrontal suture visible at center, between sphenoid bone, which is colored yellow in the diagram, and the frontal bone, which is colored in gray, and is at the upper left.).
Details
Identifiers
LatinSutura sphenofrontalis
TA98A03.1.02.006
TA21580
FMA52938
Anatomical terminology

Additional images
  • The skull from the side.
    The skull from the side.
  • The skull from the front.
    The skull from the front.
  • Base of the skull. Upper surface.
    Base of the skull. Upper surface.

References

Public domain This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 182 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

  • "Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11.
  • "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22.


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