Chiasmatic groove

The superior surface of the body of the sphenoid bone is bounded behind by a ridge, which forms the anterior border of a narrow, transverse groove, the chiasmatic groove (optic groove, prechiasmatic sulcus), above and behind which lies the optic chiasma of cranial nerve 2 (the optic nerve).

Chiasmatic groove
ethmoid bone. Upper surface. (Sulcus chiasmaticus labeled at center)
Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Sphenoid bone is yellow; chiasmatic groove labeled at center left, fourth from the top of the labels near the yellow region.)
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Identifiers
LatinSulcus praechiasmaticus,
sulcus chiasmaticus
TAA02.1.05.005
FMA75760
Anatomical terms of bone

The groove ends on either side in the optic foramen, which transmits the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery into the orbital cavity.

Chiasmatic groove

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 147 of the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)


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