Medical Definition of Spheno-occipital synchondrosis

1. Cartilaginous union between the body of the sphenoid and the basilar portion of the occipital; it fuses by the twentieth year; incorrectly called spheno-occipital suture. Synonym: synchondrosis spheno-occipitalis, spheno-occipital joint, spheno-occipital suture. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Spheno-occipital Synchondrosis

sphenes
sphenethmoid
sphenethmoidal
sphenic
sphenic number
sphenic numbers
sphenion
spheniscan
spheniscans
spheniscidite
sphenisciform seabird
spheno-
spheno-occipital
spheno-occipital joint
spheno-occipital suture
spheno-occipital synchondrosis (current term)
spheno-orbital suture
sphenobasilar
sphenoccipital
sphenocephaly
sphenodon
sphenodons
sphenodont
sphenoethmoid
sphenoethmoidal
sphenoethmoidal recess
sphenoethmoidal suture
sphenoethmoidal synchondrosis
sphenofrontal
sphenofrontal suture

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