Bony landmarks of the skull Flashcards

ramus of mandible

angle of mandible

body of mandible

Symphysis Menti
What is this and what goes through here

mental foramen
mental nerve of v3 (mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve) it is GSA

mandibular foramen
contents: terminal sensory branches mandibualr nerve (V3 of trigem), mandibualr a., mandibualr vein.
opening in the ramus
What is the dotted blue line and what runs in it

manidublar canal

External Occipital Protuberance

Foramen Magnum

Hypoglossal Canal
transmits the hypoglossal nerve

parietal bone

supraorbital notch
supraorbital nerve (branch of opthlamic of trigem), artery, and vein

orbital plate of frontal bone


temporal bone

splenoid bone

occipital bone

Juglular Foramen
ansmits the internal jugular vein along with the vagus, glossopharyngeal, and accessory nerves.


Frontal Air Sinus

Squamous portion of temporal bone


pterous portion of temporal bone


jugular foramen
CN 9, 10, 11
Posterior menigneal artery

Zygomatic Process

Mastoid process of temporal bone

Holes in the mastoid process

mastoid air cells



























