Anatomical compartments of the parasellar region: Adipose tissue bodies represent intracranial continuations of extracranial spaces

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 269-275

  Weninger, Wolfgang J ^a,b   Streicher, Johannes ^a   Müller, Gerd B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cavernous sinus; Skull base development

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CAVERNOUS SINUS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DISSECTION; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SKULL;

TURCICA;

EID: 0030769733     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878297002379     Document Type: Article

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