Posterior clinoid processes

Posterior clinoid processes
Sphenoid bone. Superior view. (Posterior clinoid process labeled at upper left.)
Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Caption for posterior clinoid process visible at center left. Sphenoid bone is yellow.))
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Identifiers
Latin	Processus clinoideus posterior
TA	A02.1.05.011
FMA	54696
Anatomical terms of bone [edit on Wikidata]

In the sphenoid bone, the anterior boundary of the sella turcica is completed by two small eminences, one on either side, called the anterior clinoid processes, while the posterior boundary is formed by a square-shaped plate of bone, the dorsum sellæ, ending at its superior angles in two tubercles, the posterior clinoid processes, the size and form of which vary considerably in different individuals. The posterior clinoid processes deepen the sella turcica, and give attachment to the tentorium cerebelli.

Posterior clinoid process

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)

External links

• Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2 at Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator, Elsevier
• Anatomy figure: 22:5b-06 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center