Carotid groove
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| Carotid groove | |
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| Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Carotid groove visible at left center.) | |
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| Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Sphenoid bone is in yellow, and carotid groove is labeled at center of sphenoid. | |
| Latin | sulcus caroticus ossis sphenoidalis |
| Gray's | subject #35 148 |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | g_12/12402464 |
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.
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