Greater wing of sphenoid bone

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Greater wing of sphenoid bone
Figure 1: Sphenoid bone, upper surface.
Figure 2: Sphenoid bone, anterior and inferior surfaces.
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Identifiers
Latin	ala major ossis sphenoidalis
TA98	A02.1.05.024
TA2	610
FMA	52868
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

The greater wing of the sphenoid bone, or alisphenoid, is a bony process of the sphenoid bone, positioned in the skull behind each eye. There is one on each side, extending from the side of the body of the sphenoid and curving upward, laterally, and backward.