Carotid groove
Appearance
Carotid groove | |
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Details | |
Location | Sphenoid bone |
Identifiers | |
Latin | sulcus caroticus ossis sphenoidalis |
TA98 | A02.1.05.012 |
TA2 | 596 |
FMA | 54753 |
Anatomical terms of bone |
The carotid groove is an anatomical groove in the sphenoid bone located above the attachment of each great wing of the sphenoid bone. The groove is curved like the italic letter f, and lodges the internal carotid artery and the cavernous sinus.[1]
References
[edit]This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 148 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
External links
[edit]- "Anatomy diagram: 34257.000-2". Roche Lexicon - illustrated navigator. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2013-06-22.