Cranial Vault Flashcards
Coronal suture
Between frontal and parietal bones
Sagittal suture
Between parietal bones
Bregma suture
Where sagittal and coronal sutures meet
Lamboid suture
Between parietal and occipital bones
Lambda suture
Where sagittal and lamboid sutures meet
Anterior Cranial Fossa
Composed of frontal bone, ethmoid, and sphenoid
Contains frontal lobe and olfactory nerve
Middle Cranial Fossa
Composed of sphenoid bone, temporal bone, and parietal bone
Contains temporal lobe, parietal lobe, CN II, III, IV, V1,2,3, VI exit here and internal carotid enters here
Posterior Cranial Fossa
Conposed of sphenoid bone, temporal bone, and occipital bone
Consists of occipital lobe, brainstem, cerebellum, CN VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII exit, medulla, vertebral arteries and spinal portions of CNXI