Taber's Medical Dictionary
Blumenbach clivus
(bloom′ĕn-bok″ )
[Johann F. Blumenbach, Ger. physiologist and anthropologist, 1752-1840]
The sloping part of the sphenoid bone behind the posterior clinoid processes.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Blumenbach Clivus." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741580/all/Blumenbach_clivus.
Blumenbach clivus. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741580/all/Blumenbach_clivus. Accessed June 22, 2026.
Blumenbach clivus. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741580/all/Blumenbach_clivus
Blumenbach Clivus [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 June 22]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/741580/all/Blumenbach_clivus.
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