title: Spine of sphenoid bone
text: # Spine of sphenoid bone
  
  The sphenoidal spine (Latin: "spina angularis") is a downwardly directed process at the apex of the great wings of the sphenoid bone that serves as the origin of the sphenomandibular ligament.
  
  ## Additional images
  
  * Base of skull. Inferior surface. Spine of sphenoid bone marked with black circle
  