clivus

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Introduction

The sloping surface from the dorsum sellae to the foramen magnum formed by the basilar part of the occipital bone & the body of the sphenoid bone.

More general terms

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 10th edition, AMR Agur & MJ Lee (eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 1999