Category:Splenial

Sple"ni*al, a. Etym: [l. splenium a plaster, a patch, gr. (anat.) (a) designating the splenial bone. (b) of or pertaining to the splenial bone or splenius muscle. Splenial bone (anat.), a thin splintlike bone on the inner side of The proximal portion of the mandible of many vertebrates.

Splenial Sple"ni*al, n. (anat.)

Defn: the splenial bone.