Sphenoidal lingula

Sphenoidal lingula

Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Lingula labeled at center right.)

Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Lingula not labeled, but sphenoid bone is visible in yellow, and lingula would be near foramen lacerum.)
Identifiers
TA A02.1.05.013
FMA 54757

Anatomical terms of bone

Along the posterior part of the lateral margin of the carotid groove of the sphenoid bone, in the angle between the body and great wing, is a ridge of bone, called the lingula.

References

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


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