CRANIAL FORAMEN Flashcards
the crista gala is found where, this is the part of the cribriform plate that sticks up?
cribriform plate
this is located under the tentorium cerebellar in the anterior wall
internal acoustic meatus
located above the jugular foramen?
carotid canal
this nerve goes through the parotid capsule and then branches?
facial n proper from the stylomastoid foramen
if the brain gets pushed through this hole, it can cause neurologic suffocation and cut off the medulla oblogata which would decrease HR and breathing?
foramen magnum
this is the window into the pharynx and connects the nasal cavity with the pterygopalatine fossa
sphenopalatine foramen or pterygopalatine foramen
this runs down the nasal septum and into the nasal cavity
incisive or nasopalatine canal
this structure is located above the cribriform plate?
foramen cecum
the anterior pituitary sites in this area and changes off the hypothalamus?
sella turcica