sphenoid bone

unpaired bone situated at the front middle of the skull in front of the temporal bone and basilar part of the occipital bone
AnatomicalStructure class_of_anatomical_entity Q16321
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sphenoid bone

Summary

sphenoid bone is a class of anatomical entity[1]. It draws 781 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #208 of 1,372).[2]

Key Facts

  • sphenoid bone's instance of is recorded as class of anatomical entity[3].
  • sphenoid bone's instance of is recorded as irregular bone[4].
  • sphenoid bone is a type of particular anatomical entity[5].
  • sphenoid bone is a type of human bone[6].
  • sphenoid bone is part of skull[7].
  • sphenoid bone is part of neurocranium[8].
  • sphenoid bone's Commons category is recorded as Sphenoid bones[9].
  • sphenoid bone comprises body of sphenoid bone[10].
  • sphenoid bone comprises lesser wing of sphenoid bone[11].
  • sphenoid bone comprises greater wing of sphenoid bone[12].
  • sphenoid bone comprises pterygoid processes of the sphenoid[13].
  • sphenoid bone comprises pterygoid notch[14].
  • sphenoid bone comprises pterygoid fossa[15].
  • sphenoid bone comprises scaphoid fossa[16].
  • sphenoid bone comprises vaginal process of sphenoid[17].
  • sphenoid bone comprises pterygoid hamulus[18].
  • sphenoid bone comprises pterygoid canal[19].
  • sphenoid bone comprises pterygospinous process[20].
  • sphenoid bone's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sphenoid bones[21].
  • sphenoid bone's described by source is recorded as Gray's Anatomy (20th edition)[22].
  • sphenoid bone's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • sphenoid bone's different from is recorded as cuneiform bones[24].
  • sphenoid bone's connects with is recorded as temporal bone[25].
  • sphenoid bone's connects with is recorded as frontal bone[26].
  • sphenoid bone's connects with is recorded as parietal bone[27].

Why It Matters

sphenoid bone draws 781 Wikipedia views per month (class_of_anatomical_entity category, ranking #208 of 1,372).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . bartleby.com. Retrieved . bartleby.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of skull, neurocranium
    Topic's main category Category:Sphenoid bones
    Connects with temporal bone, frontal bone, parietal bone +5
    Instance of class of anatomical entity, irregular bone
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007565819605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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