Sphenofrontal Suture
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The sphenofrontal suture is the
cranial suture In anatomy, fibrous joints are joints connected by Fibrous connective tissue, fibrous tissue, consisting mainly of collagen. These are fixed joints where bones are united by a layer of white fibrous tissue of varying thickness. In the skull the j ...
between the
sphenoid bone The 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 occipital bone, basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones ...
and the
frontal bone The frontal bone is a bone in the human skull. The bone consists of two portions.''Gray's Anatomy'' (1918) These are the vertically oriented squamous part, and the horizontally oriented orbital part, making up the bony part of the forehead, par ...
.


Additional images

File:Gray164.png, The skull from the side. File:Gray190.png, The skull from the front. File:Gray193.png, Base of the skull. Upper surface.


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* * Bones of the head and neck Cranial sutures Human head and neck Joints Joints of the head and neck Skeletal system Skull {{musculoskeletal-stub