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Abstract
The infratentorial compartment that contains the CEREBELLUM and BRAIN STEM. It is formed by the posterior third of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid (SPHENOID BONE), by the occipital, the petrous, and mastoid portions of the TEMPORAL BONE, and the posterior inferior angle of the PARIETAL BONE.
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- Cranial Fossa, Posterior
- Cranial Fossas, Posterior
- Fossa, Posterior Cranial
- Fossas, Posterior Cranial
- Posterior Cranial Fossas
- Clivus
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Indexed with the subheadings abnormalities, anatomy & histology, blood supply, chemistry, cytology, diagnostic imaging, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, growth & development, immunology, injuries, innervation, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, physiopathology, radiation effects, surgery, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.
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NIM when merely locational; entry term CLIVUS: restrict to posterior cranial fossa; other clivus sites are indexed under specific cranial bone, as clivus ossis occipitalis goes under OCCIPITAL BONE; neopl: coord IM with SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS (IM)
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History Note
91(64); was see under SKULL 1964-90
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Posterior Cranial Fossa. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003388. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003388
- Posterior Cranial Fossa. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_cranial_fossa
- Posterior Cranial Fossa. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q503944