clivus /cli·vus/ (kli´vus) [L.] a bony surface in the posterior cranial fossa sloping upward from the foramen magnum to the dorsum sellae.
clivus
clivus [kli´vus] (L.)
cli·vus (kl  v s)n. pl. cli·vi (-v  ) A downward-sloping surface. |
clivus
[klī′vəs]
Etymology: L, slope
an inclined surface, as on the sphenoid bone.
clivus [kli´vus] (L.)
a bony surface in the surface of the posterior cranial fossa sloping upward from the foramen magnum to the dorsum sellae.
clivus
pl. clivi [L.] a bony surface in the posterior cranial fossa sloping forward from the foramen magnum to the dorsum sellae.
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