otosphenoidal
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From oto- + sphenoidal.
Adjective
[edit]otosphenoidal (not comparable)
- Relating to the ear and the sphenoid bone
- 2015 October 15, “Vascular Patterns in Iguanas and Other Squamates: Blood Vessels and Sites of Thermal Exchange”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The cerebral carotid then passes closely apposed to the basisphenoid, ventral to the otosphenoidal crest, where it enters the cerebral carotid canal.