See Also: inferior petrosal sulcus(medicine)
superior petrosal sulcus(medicine)
inferior petrosal groove(medicine)
inferior petrosal sinus(medicine)
groove for inferior petrosal sinus(medicine)
sulcus frontalis inferior(medicine)
inferior temporal sulcus(medicine)
inferior frontal sulcus(medicine)
sulcus temporalis inferior(medicine)
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inferior petrosal sulcus (medicine)


inferior petrosal sulcus -->
groove for inferior petrosal sinus


A groove lodging the inferior petrosal sinus, formed by union of similarly named grooves in the petrous part of the temporal bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone.

Synonym: sulcus sinus petrosi inferioris, inferior petrosal groove, inferior petrosal sulcus.