Noun: sphenoid fontanel
- The irregularly shaped area on either side of the cranium where the frontal bone and the anterior tip of the parietal bone and the temporal bone and the greater wing of the sphenoid bone meet; corresponds to the pterion when bones have ossified
"The sphenoid fontanel closes during the first few months after birth";
- sphenoid fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanelle, sphenoidal fontanel
Derived forms: sphenoid fontanels
Type of: fontanel, fontanelle, soft spot