Sphenosquamosal suture

Sphenosquamosal suture
Sphenosquamosal suture
	Sphenosquamosal suture (red)
	Side view of the skull
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Identifiers
Latin	sutura sphenosquamosa
TA98	A03.1.02.008
TA2	1582
FMA	52944
	Anatomical terminology [edit on Wikidata]

The sphenosquamosal suture is a cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the squama of the temporal bone.

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This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 182 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

"Anatomy diagram: 34256.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-11.
"Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22.

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v t e Fibrous joints of the human skull
Syndesmosis	Pterygospinous ligament Stylohyoid ligament
Sutures	Involving the frontal bone frontoethmoidal suture frontal suture coronal suture occipitomastoid lambdoid sagittal Involving the sphenoid bone sphenoethmoidal with frontal bone with parietal bone sphenosquamosal Involving the Petrous part of the temporal bone sphenopetrosal petrosquamous squamosal Facial: palatomaxillary suture Involving the zygomatic process with sphenoid bone with temporal bone with frontal bone
Mouth	Gomphosis Periodontal fiber Periodontium Dental alveolus Gingiva Cementum