Exam 3: Skull lecture ii Flashcards
parts of the sphenoid bone (4)
- body
- lesser wings (LW)
- greater wings (GWC, GWO; GWT)
- pterygoid processes (PP, LP, and MP)
petrous part of temporal makes joint w/
greater wing of sphenoid (petrous means rock like)
squamous part of temporal contains the _ which articulates with the condyloid process of mandible
mandibular fossa
foramen magnum of occipital: spinal cord becomes continuous w/ _ here
medulla oblongata
foramen magnum of occipital: transmits blood vessels and cranial nerve _
XI
occipital condyles: articulates w/
vertebral column
opening of carotid canal: transmits _ artery
internal carotid artery (supplies most blood to the skull)
jugular foramen: transmitis cranial nerves _, _, and _ and the _ vein
IX, X, XI, and internal jugular vein (drains most blood of the skull)
stylomastoid foramen: transmits cranial nerve _ and the _ artery
VII and the stylomastoid artery
anterior cranial fossa: contains brain’s _ lobes
frontal
middle cranial fossa: contains brain’s _ lobes
temporal
posterior cranial fossa: contains brain’s _, _, and _
pons, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata
bone feats of ethmoid bone: crista galli: bony ridge that projects _; for attachment of _
superiorly; of falx cerebri
bone feats of ethmoid bone: cribriform plate: _ plate of bone containing many foramina that transmit the fibers of cranial nerve _ from the _ to the brain
horizontal plate; cranial nerve I from the nasal cavities to the brain
opening of optic canal: also opens into the _; transits cranial nerve _
orbit; cranial nerve II
sella turcica: saddle-like bony formation on body of _; its floor, the _, houses the pituitary gland
(part of the sphenoid) sphenoid; floor the hypophysial fossa
anterior clinoid processes: sharp projections of the _
lesser sphenoidal wings (clinoid = bed bost like)
crescent of 4 “foramina” perforating the sphenoid: superior orbital fissure: btwn _ and _ wings; also opens into _; transmits cranial nerves _, _, part of _ and _
greater and lesser wings; orbit; III, IV, part of V, and VI (muscle that moves the eyeball)
crescent of 4 “foramina” perforating the sphenoid: foramen rotundum: transmits part of cranial nerve _
V