CRANIAL Flashcards
Biggest foramen in the skull is?
Foramen Magnum
What 2 things pass through optic foramen?
Optic Nerves and ophthalmic artery
Ethmoid bone forms most of the surface of:
Nasal Cavity
List cranial bones
ethmoid, frontal, partial, occipital, temporal, sphenoid
Which cranial bone articulates with all other cranial bones?
Sphenoid
Which foramen is located in the cribriform plate of the ethmoid?
Olfactory Foramen
What passes through the olfactory foramen?
Olfactory nerves for smell
What does the ethmoid bone consist of?
Cribriform plate, crista galli, perpendicular plate, and lateral masses
Which foramen is located in the lesser wing of the sphenoid?
Optic foramen
What travels through the carotid canal?
Internal carotid artery
Where is the foramen magnum located?
Occipital bone
What is within the foramen magnum?
Brain stem and spinal cord
What sinuses are located in the frontal bone?
2 frontal sinuses
Function of cranial bones
form cranial cavity and protect brain
Cranial floor regions - 3 cranial fossa
Anterior, middle, posterior cranial fossa
Calvaria (skull cap) consist of
frontal, occipital, parietal, 2 plates of compact bone, inner layer of spongy/trabecular bone (diploe)
Floor consist of
Ethmoid, sphenoid, occipital, frontal, temporal
What type of bone is the skull
flat
What type of joint are the sutures - adults
fibrous, synarthrosis
Name the sutures
coronal, sagital, lambdoidal, squamosal
What type of joint are the sutures - younger
Ampiarthrosis (slight move)
list Suture landmarks
Bregma, Lambda, Pterions, Asterions
Coronal suture location
between frontal and parietal bones
sagital suture location
superior midline between parietal bones
lambdoidal suture location
posteriorly between occipital bone and parietal bones
squamosal suture
lateral part of skull between parietal and temporal bone
bregma landmark location
anterior end of sagital suture
lambda landmark location
posterior end of sagital suture
pterions landmark location (right and left one)
junction: parietal, temporal, greater sphenoid wing
asterions landmark location
Posterior to the ear where the squamosal and lambdoidal sutures meet
pterions landmark for?
middle meningeal artery
Weakest part of skull
Middle meningeal artery
angle of petrous ridges to midsag plane in a mesocephalic skull
47 degrees