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sphenoid bone
noun
- the large butterfly-shaped compound bone at the base of the skull, containing a protective depression for the pituitary gland
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For example, the part of the sphenoid bone known as the Turkish saddle, becomes the edge of a sheer limestone cliff that we float over.
From New York Times
Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.
From Project Gutenberg
The sphenoid bone as it extends up touches the base of the front lobe and of the Ideal region, where it assumes the name of Somnolence.
From Project Gutenberg
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.
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Under these conditions we have witnessed fractures of the parietal, of the frontal, and of the sphenoid bones.
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