Floor View Skull Anterior Clinoid Process

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Floor view skull anterior clinoid process.

In the medial aspect the lesser wing of the sphenoid forms the anterior clinoid process. The sella turcica latin for turkish seat is a saddle shaped depression in the body of the sphenoid bone of the human skull and of the skulls of other hominids including chimpanzees orangutans and gorillas it serves as a cephalometric landmark the pituitary gland or hypophysis is located within the most inferior aspect of the sella turcica the hypophyseal fossa. It extends between the posterior clinoid process and anterior clinoid process and the petrosal part of the temporal bone of the skull. The anterior clinoid processes form the posterolateral segment and help form the roof of the optic canal.

They are attachment sites for the tentorium cerebelli dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the inferior occipital lobes of the brain. Frontal bone cranial view frontal. See posterior clinoid process page for full information on this ligament. 8 fovea ethmoidalis cranial nerve i in anterior cranial fossa 9 superior orbital fissure.

Choose from 265 different sets of floor of skull flashcards on quizlet. Cranial floor view anterior clinoid process processus clinoideus anterior sphenoidalis is a posterior projection from each lesser wing. This webpage provides a gallery of images that presents the anatomical structures found on skull base ct. There are two separate bands of the ligament.

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 151 of the 20th edition of gray s anatomy 1918. Named the anterior and posterior petroclinoid ligaments respectively. The petroclinoid ligament is a fold of dura matter. Cranial floor view of skull.