Sphenozygomatic suture

Cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the zygomatic bone
  Sphenoid bone
  Zygomatic bone
DetailsIdentifiersLatinsutura sphenozygomaticaTA98A03.1.02.022TA21597FMA52956Anatomical terminology
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The sphenozygomatic suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the zygomatic bone.

Additional images

  • Position of two bones, Animation.   Sphenoid bone   Zygomatic bone
    Position of two bones, Animation.
      Sphenoid bone
      Zygomatic bone
  • Sphenozygomatic suture (blue circle), seen from behind.
    Sphenozygomatic suture (blue circle), seen from behind.
  • Side view of the skull. (Sphenozygomatic suture visible at center, between sphenoid bone, which is colored yellow in the diagram, and the zygomatic bone, which is colored in white.).
    Side view of the skull. (Sphenozygomatic suture visible at center, between sphenoid bone, which is colored yellow in the diagram, and the zygomatic bone, which is colored in white.).
  • The skull from the side.
    The skull from the side.

References

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

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