Ossification of Sphenoid - Intrinsic Ligaments of The Sphenoid

Intrinsic Ligaments of The Sphenoid

The more important of these are:

• the pterygospinous, stretching between the spina angularis and the lateral pterygoid plate (see cervical fascia);
• the interclinoid, a fibrous process joining the anterior to the posterior clinoid process;
• and the caroticoclinoid, connecting the anterior to the middle clinoid process.

These ligaments occasionally ossify.

This article incorporates text from a public domain edition of Gray's Anatomy.