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Sphenoethmoidal suture

The sphenoethmoidal suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the ethmoid bone.

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Sphenoethmoidal suture
Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Sphenoethmoidal suture is not labeled, but is visible near top between sphenoid bone in yellow, and ethmoid bone in white.)
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Latinsutura sphenoethmoidalis
TA98A03.1.02.007
TA21581
FMA52943
Anatomical terminology

The sphenoethmoidal suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the ethmoid bone.

It is located in the anterior cranial fossa.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 190 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)