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Floor is divided into 3 depressions

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Ant cranial fossa
Middle
Posterior

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The cranial cavity is divided into

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Floor

Roof

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Anterior cranial fossa is formed by

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Frontal bone
Crista galli and cribriform plate of ethmoid
Lesser wings of sphenoid bone

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Anterior boundary of the Ant cranial fossa

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Frontal bone

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Middle boundary of ant cranial fossa

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Crest for attachment of falx cerebri

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Post boundary of ant cranial fossa

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Lesser wing of sphenoid bone

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Median part of ant cranial fossa

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Groove for the optic chiasma

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Attached to the crista galli

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Falx cerebri

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Sharp upward projection of the ethmoid bone where falx cerebri is attached

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Crista galli

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Attached to the ant clinoid process

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Tentorium cerebelli

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Formed by the medial end of the lesser wing of sphenoid bone

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Ant clinoid process

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The upper surface of the cribriform plate supports the

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Olfactory bulbs

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Small perforations in the cribriform plate are for the

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Olfactory nerves

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13
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Landmarks in ethmoid bone

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Olfactory foramina
Crista galli
Cribriform plate

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Landmarks in sphenoid (ant cf)

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Lesser wing

Ant clinoid process

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15
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Landmarks in Frontal

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Orbital plate

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16
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Butterfly shaped

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Middle cranial fossa

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Middle part of middle cf accomodates

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Pituitary gland

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18
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Lateral parts of middle cf accomodating

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Temporal lobes of the brain

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19
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Central part of the middle cf is formedby

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Body of the Sphenoid bone

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20
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Saddle shaped bony prominence which acts to hold and support the pituitary gland

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Sella turcica

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3 parts of sella turcica

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Tuberculum sellae
Hypophysial fossa
Dorsum sellae

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Vertical elevation, forms ant wall of sella turcica and post aspect of chiasmatic sulcus

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Tuberculum sellae

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A groove running bet the right and left optic canals

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Chiasmatic sulcus

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Sits in the middle of sella turcica. It is a depression in the body of sphenoid, which holds pituitary gland

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Hypophysial fossa

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Forms post wall of sella turcica

Separates middle from posterior cranial fossa

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Dorsum sellae

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Arise from lesser wing of sphenoid

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Ant clinoid process

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Superolateral projections of dorsum sellae

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Post clinoid process

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Attachment points for TENTORIUM CEREBELLI

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Ant and *post clinoid process

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Lateral parts of middle cranial fossa are formed by

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Greater wing of sphenoid

Squamous and petrous part of temporal

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Optic canals in the sphenoid bone transmits

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Optic nerves CN II

Opthalmic arteries

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The optic canal are connected by

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Chiasmatic sulcus

32
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Four foramina in the sphenoid bone -middle cranial fossa

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Superior orbital fissure
Foramen rotundum
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum

33
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Superior orbital fissure opens anteriorly to the orbit and transmits

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  1. Oculomotor nerve
  2. Trochlear
  3. Opthalmic branch of trigeminal nerve
  4. Abducens nerve
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Opens into the pterygopalatine fossa and transmits maxillary branch of trigeminal nerve

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Foramen rotundum

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Opens into the infratemporal fossa

Transmits mandibular branch of trigeminal

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Foramen ovale

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Transmits middle meningeal artery and vein and meningeal branch of trigeminal

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Foramen spinosum

37
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3 foramina in the temporal bone

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Hiatus of greater petrosal nerve
Hiatus of lesser petrosal nerve
Carotid canal

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Formed by sphenoid, temporal and occipital bone

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Foramen lacerum

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Part of intracranial cavity

Located bet foramen magnum and tentorium cerebelli

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Post cranial fossa

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Post cranial fossa contains

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Brainstem and cerebellum

Midbrain, pons, medulla,

41
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Largest and deepest of the three fossas

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Posterior cf

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Anterior boundary of posterior cranial fossa

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Dorsum sellae
Posterior aspects of body of sphenoid
Basilar part of occipital bone

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Posterior boundary of posterior cranial fossa

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SQUAMOUS PART OF OCC BONE

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Lateral boundary of posterior cranial fossa

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Petrous and mastoid part of temporal bone

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Superior boundary of posterior cranial fossa

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Mastoid angles of parietal

46
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Transmits the medulla, vertebral arteries

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Foramen magnum

47
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Internal acoustic meatus transmits

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Facial

Vestibulocochlear

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Jugular foramen transmits

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Int jugular vein
Glossopharyngeal
Vagus
Accessory nerves

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Lies at the anterolateral margins of f magnum and transmits hypoglossal nerve

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Hypoglossal canal

GA 2 (21 decks)

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