Bony Landmarks and Contents of the Skull Flashcards
Skull Bones: Paired Bones (7)
Parietal Temporal Zygomatic Maxilla Nasal Palatine Isferior Nasal Concha
Skull Bones: Unpaired Bones (6)
Frontal Occipital Mandible Sphenoid Vomer Ethmoid
Sutures
Coronal
Sagittal
Lambdoid
External Landmarks (11)
Mastoid Process Styloid Process Occipital Condyle Superior Orbital Fissure Inferior Orbital Fissure Zygomatic Arch Superior Nuchal Line Inferior Nuchal Line External Acoustic Meatus Carotid Canal Foramen Magnum
Internal Landmarks (11)
Anterior Cranial Fossa Middle Cranial Fossa Posterior Cranial Fossa Jugular Foramen Optic Canal Foramen Rotundum Foramen Ovale Foramen Spinosum Carotid Canal Internal Acoutic Meatus Hypoglossal Canal
Mastoid Process
Attachment of:
SCM
Longissimus Capitis
Splenius Capitis
Occipital Condyle
Articulates with C1 Vertabrae
Superior Orbital Fissure
Cranial III, IV, V1, VI n. III = Oculumotor IV = Trochlear V =Trigeminal VI = Abducens
Inferior Orbital Fissue
Cranial V2 n.
V = Trigeminal
Superior Nuchal Line
Occipitalis, SCM, Trapezius
Inferior Nuchal Line
Rectus Capitis Major and Minor
Jugular Foramen
Internal Jugular
IX = Glossopharangeal
X = Vagus
XI = Accessory
Optic Canal
Cranial II n.
II = Optic
Foramen Rotundum
Cranial V2 n.
V = Trigeminal
Foramen Ovale
Cranial V3 n.
V = Trigeminal
Foramen Spinosum
Mid Meningeal Artery
Internal Acoustic Meatus
Cranial VII, VIII n.
VII = Facial VIII = Vestibulocholear
Hypoglossal Canal
Cranial XII n.
XII = Hypoglossal
External Acoustic Meatus
Cranial VIII n.
VIII = Vestibulocholear
Olfactory
Cribiform
Trigeminal Nerve Branches
V1 - Opthalmic Branch
V2- Maxillary Branch
V3- Mandibular Branch
V1
Enters Superior Orbital Fissure
Exits Supraorbital Foramen
V2
Enters Foramen Rotundum
Exits Infraorbital Foramen
V3
Enters Foramen Ovale
Exits Mandibular Foramen
Facial Nerve
Enters Internal Acoustic Meatus
Exits Stylomastoid Foramen
Carotid Canal
Internal Carotid
