middle clinoid process 497

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middle clinoid process (pair)

Identification

Official Latin term	processus clinoideus medius (par)
Official term	middle clinoid process (pair)
Unit identifier	TAH:U497
Unit type	pair
Materiality	material

Navigation

Link to the unit	middle clinoid process (pair)
Links of entity	generic: middle clinoid process
Entity-oriented links	Universal page Definition page
External links	TA98 FMA PubMed
Partonomic links	Level 2: bones of cranium Short Extended
	Level 3: sphenoid Short Extended
	Level 4: body of sphenoid
Taxonomic links	Level 2: zone of organ Short Extended
	Level 3: zone of bone
	Level 4: zone of irregular bone
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Taxonomic definition

A middle clinoid process is a zone of sphenoid [zona ossis sphenoidalis

] which is a small protuberance on the internal surface of the body of the sphenoid bone on the side of the anterioir part of the hypophyseal fossa.

Partonomy

TAH:E10200	human body
TAH:U259	skeletal system SOS
TAH:U268	axial skeletal system SOS
TAH:U402	bones of cranium XOS
TAH:U490	sphenoid SOX
TAH:U491	body of sphenoid SOS
TAH:U495	sella turcica SOS
TAH:U497	middle clinoid process (pair) UOS

Taxonomy

FMA:62955	anatomical entity
FMA:61775	physical entity
FMA:67165	material entity
FMA:305751	anatomical structure
FMA:67135	postnatal anatomical structure
FMA:82472	cardinal part of organ
FMA:67619	region of organ
FMA:55268	zone of organ
FMA:10483	zone of bone
FMA:24011	zone of irregular bone
FMA:52866	zone of sphenoid
FMA:54700	middle clinoid process

Date: 15.06.2025