Endochondral bone that sutures with the orbitosphenoid anteriorly, the frontal bone dorsally and the sphenotic and prootic posteriorly. The pterosphenoid forms part of the orbitosphenoid region. The pterosphenoid bears foramina that accommodate branches of the trigeminal and facial nerves. The pterosphenoid is a paired bone. [ http://zfin.org/curator ]
Term information
- ZFA:0000419
Endochondral bone that sutures with the orbitosphenoid anteriorly, the frontal bone dorsally and the sphenotic and prootic posteriorly. The pterosphenoid forms part of the orbitosphenoid region. The pterosphenoid bears foramina that accommodate branches of the trigeminal and facial nerves. The pterosphenoid is a paired bone.
This class was sourced from an external ontology (teleost_anatomy). Its definitions, naming conventions and relationships may need to be checked for compatibility with uberon
Term relations
- neurocranium bone
- endochondral bone
- structure with developmental contribution from neural crest
- overlaps some pterosphenoid-orbitosphenoid joint
- overlaps some prootic-pterosphenoid joint
- develops_from some taenia marginalis posterior
- overlaps some parasphenoid-pterosphenoid joint
- part of some sphenoid region
- overlaps some neurocranium