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infratemporal crests

infratemporal crests is the plural of infratemporal crest.

Meaning of infratemporal crest

Noun

infratemporal crest (plural infratemporal crests)

  1. A transverse ridge on the outer surface of the greater wing of the sphenoid bone that divides it into a superior portion that contributes to the formation of the temporal fossa and an inferior portion that contributes to the formation of the infratemporal fossa.

Questions about infratemporal crests

What is infratemporal crests the plural of?
Infratemporal crests is the plural of infratemporal crest.

Words near infratemporal crests in the dictionary

  1. infrasutural
  2. infrasyllabic
  3. infratarsal
  4. infratemporal
  5. infratemporal crest
  6. infratemporal crests
  7. infratemporal fossa
  8. infratemporal fossae
  9. infratemporally
  10. infratentorial
  11. infratentorially

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