Head: Cranial Vault Flashcards
What is a bregma
junction of coronal and sagittal sutures
Where is the coronal suture located
frontal and parietal bones
Where is the sagittal suture located
between right and left parietal bones
What is the falx cerebri
fold of dura mater in the longitudinal fissure between the two cerebral hemispheres
Where does the falx cerebri attach
Anterior: frontal crest and crista galli
Posterior: continuous with tenotrium cerebelli
What is the superior sagittal sinus
large vein in longitudinal fissure between dura mater
What does the superior sagittal sinus carry
csf and blood
What is the function of foveolae granulares
CSF reabsorption
What is the sella turcica
saddle like surface feature within the body of the sphenoid bone
What is the pit of the sella turcica colled
hypophyseal fossa
What is housed in the hypophyseal fossa
pituitary gland
What are the parts of the sella turcica
tuberculum sellae
hypophyseal fossa
dorsal sellae
What forms the body of the sphenoid bone
sella turcica
Where is the sphenoid sinus located
under the hypophyseal fossa
What does the petrous portion of the temporal bone differentiate
posterior and middle cranial fossa
What is the function of the sphenoid sinus
keeps the nasal passages from drying out
What is the sphenoid sinus lined with
mucus secreting cells
What bones compose the anterior cranial fossa
frontal bone
sphenoid bones (lesser wings and body)
ethmoid
What are the components of the ethmoid bone
christa galli and cribiform plate
What is the foramen cecum
region between ethmoid and frontal bones that connects with the prenasal space
Where does the cribiform plate condense
foramen cecum
What structures may be contained within the foramen cecum
emissary veins
What is the crista galli
median blade in the cribiform plate, attachment point for the dura mater
What is contained within the optic canals
optic nerve
opthalmic artery
What bones form the middle cranial fossa
sphenoid wings
temporal
Where is the chiasmatic sulcus
between optic canals for optic chiasm
What is the optic chiasm
x-shaped structure formed at the point below the brain where the two optic nerves cross each other
What structures will travel through the superior orbital fissure
CN III
CN IV
CN VI
opthalmic nerve and vein
What structure will travel through the foramen rotundum
CN V2 (maxillary nerve)
What structures will travel through the foramen ovale
Accessory middle meningeal artery
Mandibular nerve
What structure will travel through the foramen spinosum
middle meningeal artery
What bone is the trigeminal impression seen on
temporal bone
What bone will have grooves and hiatus for greater and lesser petrosal nerves
temporal bone