Planum sphenoidale
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Deng F, Bickle I, Carpenter G, et al. Planum sphenoidale. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 22 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-73113
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Synonyms:
- Jugum sphenoidale
- Sphenoidal yoke
- Jugum sphenoideum
- Sphenoid yoke
- Planum sphenoideum
The planum sphenoidale is a common term for the anterior horizontal part of the superior surface of the body of the sphenoid bone. It is known in the Terminologia Anatomica (2019) as the jugum sphenoideum or sphenoidal yoke 1.
Gross anatomy
It forms part of the anterior skull base, separating the anterior cranial fossa from the sphenoid sinuses.
Posteriorly, the structure terminates as the limbus sphenoidale and borders the chiasmatic sulcus 2,3.
Anteriorly, the sphenoid bone articulates with the cribriform plates of the ethmoid bone 4 via the ethmoidal spine.
Laterally, the planum sphenoidale continues as the lesser wings of the sphenoid.
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References
- 1. Chmielewski PP. New Terminologia Anatomica: Cranium and extracranial bones of head. (2019) Folia morphologica. doi:10.5603/FM.a2019.0129 - Pubmed
- 2. Bruneton JN, Drouillard JP, Sabatier JC, Elie GP, Tavernier JF. Normal variants of the sella turcica. (1979) Radiology. 131 (1): 99-104. doi:10.1148/131.1.99 - Pubmed
- 3. Kim JM, Romano A, Sanan A, van Loveren HR, Keller JT. Microsurgical anatomic features and nomenclature of the paraclinoid region. (2000) Neurosurgery. 46 (3): 670-80; discussion 680-2. doi:10.1097/00006123-200003000-00029 - Pubmed
- 4. Chong VF, Fan YF, Tng CH. Pictorial review: radiology of the sphenoid bone. (1998) Clinical radiology. 53 (12): 882-93. doi:10.1016/s0009-9260(98)80214-6 - Pubmed
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