clivus


clivus

 [kli´vus] (L.) a bony surface in the surface of the posterior cranial fossa sloping upward from the foramen magnum to the dorsum sellae.

cli·vus

, pl.

cli·vi

(klī'vŭs, -vē), [TA] 1. A downward sloping surface. 2. The sloping surface from the dorsum sellae to the foramen magnum composed of part of the body of the sphenoid and part of the basal part of the occipital bone. Synonym(s): Blumenbach clivus [L. slope]

cli·vus

, pl. clivi (klī'vŭs, -vī) [TA] 1. A downward sloping surface. 2. The sloping surface from the dorsum sellae to the foramen magnum composed of part of the body of the sphenoid and part of the basal part of the occipital bone. [L. slope]

Blumenbach,

Johann Friedrich, German physiologist, 1752-1840. Blumenbach clivus - the sloping surface from the dorsum sellae to the foramen magnum. Synonym(s): clivus