H&N - Skull Flashcards
Anterior cranial fossa foraminae
Foramen cecum
Olfactory foramen in cirbriform plate
Optic canal
Structures through foramen cecum
Emissary veins to nasal cavity
Structures through ciribriform plate
CN1
Structures through optic canal
CN2
Opthalmic artery
Bones that make up the anterior cranial fossa
Frontal and sphenoid
Middle cranial fossa foramenae
Superior orbital fissure
Foramen rotundom
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum
Foraman lacerolum
Carotid canal
Structures through superior orbital fissure
CN3,4,V1,6
Opthalmic veins
Structures through foramen rotundum
CN5V2
Structures through foramen ovale
OVALE
O tic ganglion
V3 (Mandibular nerve:3rd branch of trigeminal)
A ccessory meningeal artery
L esser petrosal nerve (of CN9)
E missary veins
Structures through foramen spinosum
Middle meningeal artery (branch of maxillary artery)
Structures through carotid canal
Internal carotid artery
Bones forming Middle craninal fossa
Sphenoid and temporal
Posterior cranial fossa foraminae
Foramen magnum
Internal acoustic meatus
Jugular foramen
Hypoglossal canal
Condylar canal
Structures through internal auditory meatus
CN7,8
Labyrinthine artery
Structures through Jugular foramen
CN9,10,11
Inferior petrosal sinus, sigmoid sinus (forming internal jugular vein)
Structures through hypoglossal canal
CN12
Meningeal branch of the ascending pharyngeal artery
Structures through condylar canal
Emissary veins
Structures through foramen magnum
End of brainstem/beginning of spinal cord
Vertebral arteries
Spinal roots of the accessory nerve
Meninges
Which bones make up the posterior cranial fossa
Occipital and temporal
(small part of sphenoid and parietal)
Structures through foramen lacerum
Greater petrosal nerve (branch of facial nerve)
Greater petrosal nerve supplies
Branch of facial nerve
Glands above the level of mouth
(eg lacrimal gland)
Lesser petrosal nerve supplies
Branch of CNIX glossopharyngeal
Supplies parotid gland
Structures through supra-orbital foramen
Supra-orbital nerve and vessels
Structures through infra-orbital foramen
Infra-orbital nerve and vessels
Structures through mental foramen
Mental nerve and vessels
Structures through parietal foramen
Emissery veins
Structures through incisive foramen
Nasopalatine nerve
Sphenopalatine vessels
Structures through greater palatine foramen
Greater palatine nerve and vessels
Structures though lesser palatine foramina
lesser palatine nerve and vessels
Structures through pterygoid canal
pterygoid nerve and vessels
Structures through foramen lacerum
filled with cartilage
Structures through formen magnum
Spinal cord
Vertebral arteries
Anterior and posterior spinal arteries
Root of CN11
Meninges
Structures through condylar canal
emissary veins
Structures through stylomastoid foramen
CN7
Which bones form the pterion region
Frontal
Parietal
Sphenoid
Temporal
Structures through the inferior orbital fissure
Zygomatic n
Inferior opthalmic v
Maxillary n
Which CN innervates levator palpebrae superioris
CN3
Which branch of trigeminal nerve has both motor and sensory innervations
Mandibular
What bones make up the orbit
7 bones
Frontal
Zygomatic
Maxillary
Palatine
Nasal
Ethmoid
Sphenoid
Extraocular eye muscles
Most originate from tendinous ring off sphenoid bone
Also levator palipibrae superioris (innervated by CN3 and SNS)
Actions of superior/inferior oblique eye muscles
SO: look down and in
IO: look up and in
Superior view of skull sutures
Coronal
Sagittal
Lambdoid
Sutures of lateral view of skull
Squamous: parietal and temporal bone
Sutures of anterior side of skull
Mandibular anatomy
Condylar process
Coranoid process
angle
Body
Ramus
Which area of skull is void of periosteum
Temporal fossa
Instead covered by deep fascia of temporalis muscle
Inferior view of skull important structures
Path of ICA entering skull
Enters skull through carotid canal
Leaves skull through lacerum foramen
