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[[File:600px-Cranial bones en.svg.png|thumb|Cranial Bones. Only the end of the wing of the sphenoid bone is visible]] | [[File:600px-Cranial bones en.svg.png|thumb|Cranial Bones. Only the end of the wing of the sphenoid bone is visible]] | ||
The [[Sphenoid Bone]] is an unpaired bone of the neurocranium. It is situated in the middle of the skull towards the front, in front of the temporal bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly or bat with its wings extended.The sphenoid bone is the only bone that connects to all the other bones of the cranium and its movement is responsible for "milking" the pituitary gland to secrete its hormones. | The [[Sphenoid Bone]] is an unpaired bone of the neurocranium. It is situated in the middle of the skull towards the front, in front of the temporal bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone. The sphenoid bone is one of the seven bones that articulate to form the orbit. Its shape somewhat resembles that of a butterfly or bat with its wings extended.The sphenoid bone is the only bone that connects to all the other bones of the cranium and its movement is responsible for "milking" the pituitary gland to secrete its hormones.There is also a direct connection between the sphenoid bone and the coccyx, so therefore also between the pituitary/hypothalamus and adrenal glands. | ||
[[File:600px-Gray145.png|thumb|Sphenoid bone, upper surface]] | [[File:600px-Gray145.png|thumb|Sphenoid bone, upper surface]] | ||