Anterior clinoid process

Anterior clinoid process

Infobox Bone
Name = Anterior clinoid process
Latin = p. clinoideus anterior
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Caption = Sphenoid bone. Upper and posterior surfaces. (Anterior clinoid process visible at top left.)


Caption2 = Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Label for anterior clinoid process visible at center left. Sphenoid bone is yellow.)
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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."

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