They are attachment sites for the tentorium cerebelli dura mater which separates the cerebellum from the inferior occipital lobes of the brain.
Floor view skull anterior clinoid process.
The petroclinoid ligament is a fold of dura matter.
The anterior clinoid processes form the posterolateral segment and help form the roof of the optic canal.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 151 of the 20th edition of gray s anatomy 1918.
Cranial floor view anterior clinoid process processus clinoideus anterior sphenoidalis is a posterior projection from each lesser wing.
Evaluation of the skull base on axial ct slices in a craniocaudal sequence.
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.
2 anterior semicircular canal.
Frontal bone cranial view frontal.
Cranial floor view of skull.
In the medial aspect the lesser wing of the sphenoid forms the anterior clinoid process.
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It extends between the posterior clinoid process and anterior clinoid process and the petrosal part of the temporal bone of the skull.
It extends between the posterior clinoid process and anterior clinoid process and the petrosal part of the temporal bone of the skull.
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