Carotid sulcus
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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.
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| Latin | sulcus caroticus ossis sphenoidalis |
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g_12/12402464 |
| TA | A02.1.05.012 |
| FMA | 54753 |
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Anatomical terms of bone
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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.
This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)
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