CRANIAL CAVITY Flashcards
Floor is divided into 3 depressions
Ant cranial fossa
Middle
Posterior
The cranial cavity is divided into
Floor
Roof
Anterior cranial fossa is formed by
Frontal bone
Crista galli and cribriform plate of ethmoid
Lesser wings of sphenoid bone
Anterior boundary of the Ant cranial fossa
Frontal bone
Middle boundary of ant cranial fossa
Crest for attachment of falx cerebri
Post boundary of ant cranial fossa
Lesser wing of sphenoid bone
Median part of ant cranial fossa
Groove for the optic chiasma
Attached to the crista galli
Falx cerebri
Sharp upward projection of the ethmoid bone where falx cerebri is attached
Crista galli
Attached to the ant clinoid process
Tentorium cerebelli
Formed by the medial end of the lesser wing of sphenoid bone
Ant clinoid process
The upper surface of the cribriform plate supports the
Olfactory bulbs
Small perforations in the cribriform plate are for the
Olfactory nerves
Landmarks in ethmoid bone
Olfactory foramina
Crista galli
Cribriform plate
Landmarks in sphenoid (ant cf)
Lesser wing
Ant clinoid process
Landmarks in Frontal
Orbital plate
Butterfly shaped
Middle cranial fossa
Middle part of middle cf accomodates
Pituitary gland
Lateral parts of middle cf accomodating
Temporal lobes of the brain
Central part of the middle cf is formedby
Body of the Sphenoid bone