Alisphenoid bone

System Musculoskeletal
SNOMED CT 361298007

Alisphenoid bone

Definition

Either of the broad curved wing like expanses on each side of the sphenoid bone in adults; may exist independently in the young.

Also known as ala major (os sphenoidale), alisphenoid bone, greater wing of sphenoid, greater wing of sphenoidal bone — per UBERON

The Alisphenoid bone is a part of the Musculoskeletal.

Also identified as