Definition of Clinoid. Meaning of Clinoid. Synonyms of Clinoid

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Definition of Clinoid

Clinoid
Clinoid Cli"noid, a. [Gr. kli`nh bed + -oid.] (Anat.) Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.

Meaning of Clinoid from wikipedia

- The posterior clinoid processes are the tubercles of the sphenoid bone situated at the superior angles of the dorsum sellae (one on each angle) which...
- The anterior clinoid process is a posterior projection of the sphenoid bone at the junction of the medial end of either lesser wing of sphenoid bone with...
- alphanumeric identifier: C1 cervical; C2 petrous; C3 lacerum; C4 cavernous; C5 clinoid; C6 ophthalmic; and C7 communicating. The Bouthillier nomenclature remains...
- Clinoid process may refer to: Anterior clinoid process Middle clinoid process Posterior clinoid processes This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated...
- The middle clinoid process is a small, bilaterally paired elevation on either side of the tuberculum sellae, at the anterior boundary of the sella turcica...
- anterior clinoid process and posterior clinoid process of the sphenoid bone; the caroticoclinoid, connecting the anterior to the middle clinoid process...
- tubercle Tuberculum sellae Carotid groove Fossa hypophyseos Posterior clinoid processes Sigmoid sulcus Internal occipital protuberance Internal occipital...
- posterior margins of the lesser wings of the sphenoid bone, the anterior clinoid processes, and the ridge forming the anterior margin of the chiasmatic...
- the cavernous sinus, terminating anteriorly by attaching at the anterior clinoid process.: 440  The tentorium slopes superior-ward so that the free border...
- completed by two small eminences, one on either side, called the middle clinoid processes, while the posterior boundary is formed by a square-shaped plate...