Meanings
adjectiveotosphenoidal (not comparable)
- not comparableRelating to the ear and the sphenoid bone
The cerebral carotid then passes closely apposed to the basisphenoid, ventral to the otosphenoidal crest, where it enters the cerebral carotid canal.
2015 October 15, “Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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otosphenoidal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otosphenoidal
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“otosphenoidal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/otosphenoidal. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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