Middle clinoid process - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The anterior boundary of the sella turcica

Sella turcica

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is completed by two small eminences, one on either side, called the middle clinoid processes.

Etymology

Clinoid likely comes from the Greek root klinein or the Latin clinare, both meaning "sloped" as in "inclined."

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