Sphenoidal process

Processus sphenoidalis

Definition

Andréa Lopes da Costa

The sphenoidal process of the palatine bone is the medial extension arising from the dorsal border of the perpendicular plate of this bone, beneath the body of the presphenoid bone.

References

  • Barone R. Anatomie comparée des mammifères domestiques, Tome 1, Ostéologie, 5th edition, Vigot, Paris, 2017.

  • Constantinescu GM, Schaller O. Illustrated veterinary anatomical nomenclature, 3rd Edition, Enke Verlag, Stuttgart, 2012.

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