Middle clinoid process
Middle clinoid process | |
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Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Middle clinoid process labeled at upper left.) | |
Floor of the skull. (Sphenoid is in yellow. Middle clinoid process labeled at center left.) | |
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Latin | processus clinoideus medius |
TA | A02.1.05.008 |
FMA | 54700 |
The anterior boundary of the sella turcica is completed by two small eminences, one on either side, called the middle clinoid processes.
Etymology
Clinoid likely comes from the Greek root klinein or the Latin clinare, both meaning "sloped" as in "inclined."
References
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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