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| Bone: Anterior clinoid process | |
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| Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Anterior clinoid process visible at top left.) | |
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| Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Label for anterior clinoid process visible at center left. Sphenoid bone is yellow.) | |
| Latin | p. clinoideus anterior |
| Gray's | subject #35 151 |
In the sphenoid bone, the posterior border, smooth and rounded, is received into the lateral fissure of the brain; the medial end of this border forms the anterior clinoid process, which gives attachment to the tentorium cerebelli; it is sometimes joined to the middle clinoid process by a spicule of bone, and when this occurs the termination of the groove for the internal carotid artery is converted into a foramen (carotico-clinoid).
Etymology
Clinoid likely comes from the Greek root klinein or the Latin clinare, both meaning "sloped" as in "inclined."
External links
- Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, at Elsevier 34257.000-2
- SUNY Labs 22:os-0910
- Anterior+clinoid+process at eMedicine Dictionary
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