Crossword-Solution: SPHENETHMOID
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Sphenethmoid | a. | Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. |
| Sphenethmoid | n. | The sphenethmoid bone. |
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| GIRDLE bone | 1 answer |
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
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CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Etym: [Sphenoid + ethmoid.] (Anat.) Defn: Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal.
Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone.
The peripheral elements are reduced (maxilla, pterygoid, and squamosal) or absent (quadratojugal), whereas the frontoparietals, nasals, sphenethmoid, proötics, and exoccipitals form a compact central zone.
The sphenethmoid is extensive in ventral aspect and forms the major supporting structure in the anterior part of the skull.
The function and taxonomic importance of the large septomaxillae are unknown and are probably associated with the modification of the sphenethmoid-prevomer area.