Anatomy - Skull, Face, Arterial Supply to Brain Flashcards
What bones articulate to form the coronal suture?
Frontal bone articulates with parietal bone
What are the bones of the skull made of?
External and internal tables of compact bone Spongy bone (diploë bone) in between the external and internal tables
What bones articulate to form the sagittal suture?
Left and right parietal bones articulate
What grooves the internal surface of the pterion?
Middle meningeal artery
What bones articulate to form the pterion suture?
Frontal, parietal, temporal and sphenoid bones
What demarcates the vertical and horizontal plates of the frontal bone?
supraorbital margin
What bones articulate to form the lambdoid suture?
Left and right parietal bones articulate with occipital bone
What is the supraorbital margin?
Demarcation between vertical and horizontal plates of the frontal bone
What is the flat aspect of the temporal bones?
Squamous part of temporal bones
What are the projections that come off the squamous part of the temporal bone?
- zygomatic process anteriorly which articulates with zygoma
- mastoid process posteriorly which gives attachment to SCM
- styloid process inferiorly which give attachment to muscles of oral cavity and pharynx
- petrous part projects into cranium and forms part of cranial floor
What structure sits between the cribiform plates?
Cristagalli
Which bone sits between the eyes?
Ethmoid bone
What is transmitted through the cribiform plate of the ethmoid bone?
Olfactory nerve fibres
Through what structure do the olfactory nerve fibres travel through?
Cribiform plate of the ethmoid bone
Where does the pituitary sit?
Within the body of sphenoid bone - sella turcica
What are the main features of sphenoid bone?
Superior orbital fissure separates lesser and greater wings
Lesser wing sits anterosuperior to greater wing
What bones form the anterior cranial fossa?
Horizontal plate of frontal bone
Cribiform plate of ethmoid bone
Lesser wings of sphenoid bone
What bones form the middle cranial fossa?
Greater wings of sphenoid bone
Body of sphenoid bone (sella turcica)
Petrous part of temporal bone
What are the components of the frontal bone?
Vertical plate forms the forehead and horizontal plate forms the roof of the orbits
What bones form the posterior cranial fossa?
Occipital bone
What structures transmit through optic canal?
Optic nerve
Ophthalmic artery
Which structures transmit through the superior orbital fissure?
CN III, IV, VI and V1 of trigeminal
Which structures transmit through foramen rotundum?
V2 of trigeminal nerve
Which structures transmit through foramen ovale
V3 of trigeminal
Which structures transmit through foramen spinosum?
Middle meningeal artery
Which structures transmit through the internal acoustic meatus?
CN VII and VIII
Which structures transmit through the jugular foramen?
CN IX, X, XI, and internal jugular vein
Which structures transmit through the hypoglossal canal?
CN XII
Where is the optic canal located?
Between the body of sphenoid and lesser wing of sphenoid
Which foramenae are located in the middle cranial fossaa?
- Optic canal
- Superior orbital fissure
- Foramen rotundum
- Foramen ovale
- Foramen spinosum
Which foramenae are located in the posterior cranial fossa?
- Internal acoustic meatus
- Jugular foramen
- Hypoglossal canal
- Foramen magnum
Where is the internal acoustic meatus located?
Petrous part of temporal bone
Where is the jugular foramen located?
Between petrous part of temporal bone and occipital bone
Where is the extradural/epidural space?
Between skull and dura
If meningeal arteries rupture, where will blood collect?
Extradural space
Where is the subdural space?
Between dura and arachnoid mater
If venous haemorrhage occurs, where will blood collect?
Subdural space
Where is the subarachnoid space?
Between arachnoid and pia mater
Which space is occupied by CSF?
Subarachnoid space
What is the function of dural petitions?
Restrict rotatory displacement of brain
What are the 4 dural petitions?
- Tentorium cerebelli
- Falx cerebelli
- Falx cerebri
- Diaphragma sellae
Where is the falx cerebri and what are its margins?
Between the cerebral hemispheres in a sagittal plane
Upper margin attaches to skull
Attaches to crista galli anteriorly
Attaches to internal aspect of occipital protuberance posteriorly
Where is falx cerebelli?
Beneath tentorium cerebelli in the posterior cranial fossa
Lodges between left and right cerebellar hemispheres in sagittal plane
Where is the tentorium cerebelli?
Separates the occipital lobes from the cerebellum
Roof over posterior cranial fossa in a horizontal plane
What are the dural venous sinuses?
Endothelial-lined spaces existing between inner and outer layers of dura
Which veins drain the scalp?
Emissary veins