The sphenoidal spine (Latin: “spina angularis“) is a downwardly directed process at the apex of the great wings of the sphenoid bone that serves as the origin of the sphenomandibular ligament.[1]
Additional images
-
Base of skull. Inferior surface. Spine of sphenoid bone marked with black circle
References
- ^ Gray, Henry (1918). Gray’s Anatomy (20th ed.). p. 150.
External links
- Anatomy figure: 27:02-04 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center – “Schematic view of key landmarks of the infratemporal fossa.”
- “Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-1”. Roche Lexicon – illustrated navigator. Elsevier.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
