Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to the sphenoid and the squamous part of the temporal bone: squamosphenoidal.
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Examples
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It is traversed by the squamosal, sphenoparietal, sphenosquamosal, and sphenopetrosal sutures.
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These bones are joined to one another and to the zygomatic by the following sutures: the zygomaticotemporal between the zygomatic process of the temporal and the temporal process of the zygomatic; the zygomaticofrontal uniting the zygomatic bone with the zygomatic process of the frontal; the sutures surrounding the great wing of the sphenoid, viz., the sphenozygomatic in front, the sphenofrontal and sphenoparietal above, and the sphenosquamosal behind.
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