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Definition of Orbitosphenoids

Orbitosphenoid
Orbitosphenoid Or`bi*to*sphe"noid, a. [Orbit + sphenoid.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sphenoid bone and the orbit, or to the orbitosphenoid bone. -- n. The orbitosphenoid bone, which is situated in the orbit on either side of the presphenoid. It generally forms a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

Meaning of Orbitosphenoids from wikipedia

- presphenoid, orbitosphenoids, pterygoids. These bones remain separate and are the: 2 Alisphenoids: each greater wing 2 Orbitosphenoids: each lesser wing...
- points [Fig. 1]. In some animals, they remain as separate bones called orbitosphenoids. The main features of the lesser wing are the optic canal, the anterior...
- rounded body, a toothless palate, rather thin skull bones, and a missing orbitosphenoid bone (except for Hispidoberyx). The gibberfishes on the other hand appear...
- contact the lateroshenoid possesses a transverse postorbital process the orbitosphenoids are fused In 2000, Rauhut noted that its sca**** is more slender than...
- prefrontal, teeth, as well as parietal and fragmentary left and right orbitosphenoids. Eocarcharia was described alongside the abelisaurid Kryptops. Some...
- and deep. Mouths are large, with distensible jaws, and there is no orbitosphenoid. Pelvic fins have 5–10 soft rays and possibly a spine, 5–10 dorsal fin...
- pelvic fins and adipose fin are absent. Also absent are the premaxilla, orbitosphenoid, parietal, symplectic, posttemporal, and supratemporal bones, the gill...
- missing articular and mesopterygoid teeth, and the basisphenoid and orbitosphenoid bones are entirely absent. Their scales lack radii. Despite the term...
- (56 ft) in length. The lampriforms have 84 to 96 total vertebrae; an orbitosphenoid bone is present in some members of this order. Their premaxilla completely...
- turtles. At the front of the braincase, paired hatchet-shaped ossified orbitosphenoids formed the floor of the olfactory lobes of the brain. The skull of...