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    of the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery. The skull from the front. Lesser wing of sphenoid bone Lesser wing of sphenoid bone Lesser wing of sphenoid...
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    sphenoid bone is an unpaired bone of the neurocranium. It is situated in the middle of the skull towards the front, in front of the basilar part of the...
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    The greater wing of the sphenoid bone, or alisphenoid, is a bony process of the sphenoid bone, positioned in the skull behind each eye. There is one on...
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  • Wing of sphenoid bone or ala ossis sphenoidalis can refer to: Greater wing of sphenoid bone (ala major ossis sphenoidalis) Lesser wing of sphenoid bone...
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    posterior border of the great wing of the sphenoid bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone; it presents the anterior or internal opening of the carotid...
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    Anterior clinoid process (category Bones of the head and neck)
    posterior projection of the sphenoid bone at the junction of the medial end of either lesser wing of sphenoid bone with the body of sphenoid bone. The bilateral...
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    Skull (redirect from Cranial bone)
    the angle of the anterior cranial fossa. There is a gradual decrease in the angle between the lesser wings of the sphenoid bone as the depth of the anterior...
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    Superior orbital fissure (category Foramina of the skull)
    by the (caudal surface of the) lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, and (medial border of the) greater wing of the sphenoid bone. The superior orbital fissure...
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    and sphenoid bones. In the study of anatomy, anatomists use a number of anatomical terms to describe the appearance, shape and function of bones. Other...
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    Optic canal (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    the sphenoid bone; it is bounded medially by the body of the sphenoid and laterally by the lesser wing of the sphenoid. The superior surface of the sphenoid...
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    Middle cranial fossa (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918))
    posterior margins of the lesser wings of the sphenoid bone, the anterior clinoid processes, and the ridge forming the anterior margin of the chiasmatic groove;...
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    is a hole in the posterior part of the sphenoid bone, posterolateral to the foramen rotundum. It is one of the larger of the several holes (the foramina)...
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    Orbit (anatomy) (redirect from Orbital bone)
    frontal bone. The roof (superior wall) is formed primarily by the orbital plate frontal bone, and also the lesser wing of sphenoid near the apex of the orbit...
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    Human nose (redirect from Wing of nose)
    an angle, is the face of the sphenoid bone. The wall separating the two cavities of the nose, the nasal septum, is made up of bone inside and cartilage...
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    Sphenoparietal sinus (category Veins of the head and neck)
    edge of the lesser wing of either sphenoid bone. It drains into the cavernous sinus. A sphenoparietal sinus is situated under each lesser wing of the sphenoid...
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    protuberance Sphenoid Body Sella turcica Tuberculum sellae Hypophysial fossa Dorsum sellae Posterior clinoid process Sphenoidal sinus Lesser wing Optic canal...
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    Interleukin 12 receptor, beta 1 subunit (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States National Library of Medicine)
    of the interleukin 12 receptor and the interleukin 23 receptor. IL12RB1, is the name of its human gene. IL-12Rβ1 is also known as CD212 (cluster of differentiation...
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    Pterygopalatine fossa (category Bones of the head and neck)
    of the infratemporal surface of maxilla posterior: root of the pterygoid process and adjoining anterior surface of the greater wing of sphenoid bone medial:...
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    Li S, Yang H, Morrisey EE (2003). "Foxp4: a novel member of the Foxp subfamily of winged-helix genes co-expressed with Foxp1 and Foxp2 in pulmonary...
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    P2RX4 (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States National Library of Medicine)
    that in humans is encoded by the P2RX4 gene. P2X purinoceptor 4 is a member of the P2X receptor family. P2X receptors are trimeric protein complexes that...
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    cytoplasmic domains. This gene encodes a member of the ADAM (a disintegrin and metalloprotease) protein family. Members of this family are membrane-anchored proteins...
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  • leptomeninx lesser occipital nerve lesser omentum lesser palatine foramen lesser petrosal nerve Lesser trochanter lesser wing of sphenoid levator muscle...
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  • Thumbnail for Levator palpebrae superioris muscle
    palpebrae superioris originates from inferior surface of the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone, just above the optic foramen. It broadens and decreases in...
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    National Library of Medicine. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine. Wu RL, Osman...
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    specifically binds to the TTGGC motif in the promoter region of various genes to enhance the gene expression of various proteins, and plays a crucial role as a transcription...
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    membrane protein of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that shares significant sequence similarity with a family of protein O-mannosyltransferases of S. cerevisiae...
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    on the endoplasmic side of the membrane, as well as a large loop between domains 4 and 5. This topology is similar to that of transient receptor potential...
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    of its expression in B lymphocytes by Epstein–Barr virus infection. The protein encoded by this gene is a secreted glycoprotein, which is a member of...
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    the COL9A1 gene. This gene encodes one of the three alpha chains of type IX collagen, a collagen component of hyaline cartilage. Type IX collagen is usually...
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    Collagen, type XXVII, alpha 1 (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States National Library of Medicine)
    class of collagens and may play a role in development of the skeleton. Fibrillar collagens, such as COL27A1, compose one of the most ancient families of extracellular...
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