sphenoidal spine; alar/angular spine; spinous process of sphenoid

A posterior & downward projection from the greater wing of the sphenoid bone on either side. Course: - posterolateral to the foramen spinosum Attachment: - to the sphenomandibular ligament

General

spine bony process

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.