Sphenozygomatic suture

The sphenozygomatic suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the zygomatic bone.

Sphenozygomatic suture
Sphenozygomatic suture (highlighted in red)
Sphenozygomatic suture (blue circle)
  Sphenoid bone
  Zygomatic bone
Details
Identifiers
Latinsutura sphenozygomatica
TA98A03.1.02.022
TA21597
FMA52956
Anatomical terminology

Additional images
  • Position of two bones, Animation.
      Sphenoid bone
      Zygomatic bone
  • 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.).
  • The skull from the side.

References

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

  • "Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-1". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2012-12-27.
  • "Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11.


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