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Carotid groove

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Dorlands /Elsevier
  
g_12/12402464

FMA
  
54753

TA
  
A02.1.05.012

Carotid groove

Latin
  
sulcus caroticus ossis sphenoidalis

Above the attachment of each great wing of the sphenoid bone is a broad groove, curved something like the italic letter f; it lodges the internal carotid artery and the cavernous sinus, and is named the carotid groove.

References

Carotid groove Wikipedia