Cranial Cavity Flashcards
middle meningeal artery entry, branching, supplies
foramen spinosum, parietal and frontal. supplies dura
anterior cerebral artery supplies
cerebral hemispheres, except occipital lobes
middle artery supplies
most of the lateral surfaces of brain hemispheres
vertebral artery supplies
cranial meninges and cerebellum
basilar artery supplies
brainstem, cerebellum and cerebrum
posterior cerebral artery supplies
internal aspect of central hemisphere, occipital lobe
posterior communicating supplies
optic tract, cerebral peduncle, internal capsule and thymus
what drains into superior sagittal sinuses
superior cerebral veins
inferior sagittal sinus drains into
straight sinus
what drains into cavernous sinus
superior and inferior opthalmic veins, superficial middle cerebral vein, sphenoparietal sinus
superior petrosal joins ____ to form sigmoid sinus
transverse sinus
on dorsum sella at posterior end of cavernous sinus, drains directly into origin of IJV
inferior petrosal sinus
runs along cerebellar tentorum, becomes sigmoid sinus
transverse sinus
from transverse to IJV
sigmoid sinus
in attached border of falx cerebelli, ends at confluence of sinuses
occipital sinus
cerebral falx
attached to crysta galli, separates right and left hemispheres
cerebellar falx
vertical infolding inferior to cerebellar tentorum, separates cerebellar hemispheres
diaphragm sella
covers pituitary, has passage for infundibulum
epidural space
between cranium and external periosteal layer of dura. Not a real space.
epidural hemorage
middle menigeal nerve
subdural space
between dura and arachnoid. venous bleeds, not a real space
subarachnoid space
between arachnoid and pia. A REAL SPACE!
CSF is in
the subarachnoid space. Choriod makes it, arachnoid granules absorb it
Hydrocephalus
CSF overproduction, flow obstruction, or absorption failure. Enlargement of head, dilation of ventricles, thinning of brain
cavernous sinuses drain to ____ sinuses & the ______ venous plexus via emissary veins
superior and inferior petrosal, pterygoid venous plexus. cavernous sinus FACE INFECTION!
who passes through the cavernous sinus to get to the superior orbital fissure?
CN III, IV, & V1
lymphatics in the cavernous sinus region
there aren’t any!