Carotid groove

Carotid groove

Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Carotid groove visible at left center.)

Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Sphenoid bone is in yellow, and carotid groove is labeled at center of sphenoid.
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Identifiers
Latin sulcus caroticus ossis sphenoidalis
Dorlands
/Elsevier
g_12/12402464
TA A02.1.05.012
FMA 54753

Anatomical terms of bone

Above the attachment of each great wing of the sphenoid bone is a broad groove, curved something like the italic letter f; it lodges the internal carotid artery and the cavernous sinus, and is named the carotid groove.

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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