zygosphene
English
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for zygosphene in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Noun
zygosphene (plural zygosphenes)
- (anatomy) A median process on the front part of the neural arch of the vertebrae of most snakes and some lizards, which fits into a fossa called the zygantrum on the back part of the arch in front
Related terms
- zygosphenal