Lecture 1 and 2 Flashcards
What is the pterion?
the junction of the greater wing of sphenoid, squamous temporal, frontal, and parietal bone
What does the pterion overlie?
course of anterior division of middle meningeal artery
What is the lambda?
point on calvaria at the junction of lambdoid and sagittal sutures
What is the bregma?
point on calvaria at the junction of the coronal and sagitall sutures
What is the vertex?
superior point of neurocranium, in the middle with cranium oriented in anatomical plane
What is the asterion?
star shaped, located at junction of three sutures
What is the glabella?
smooth prominence, most marked in males, on frontal bones superior to root of nose
What is the inion?
most prominent point of external occipital protuberance
What is the nasion?
point on cranium where frononasal and internasal sutures meet
What foramen does V1 pass thorugh?
superior orbital fissure
What foramen does V2 pass through?
foramen rotundum
What foramen does V3 pass through?
foramen ovale
What passes through the foramen cecum?
nasal emissary vein
What passes through the cribiform foramina in cribiform plate?
axons of olfactory cells in olfactory epithelium that forms olfactory nerves
What passes through the anterior and posterior ethmoidal foramina?
vessels and nerves with same name
What passes through the optic canals?
optic nerves and opthalamic arteries
What passes through the superior orbital fissure?
opthalmic veins, opthalmic nerves (V1), CN III, CN IV, CN VI, and sympathetic fibers
What passes through the foramen rotundum?
maxillary nerve (CN V2)
What passes through the foramen ovale?
mandibular nerve (CN V3) and accessory meningeal artery
What passes through the foramen spinosum?
middle meningeal artery and vein and meningeal branch of CN V3
What passes through the foramen lacerum?
deep petrosal nerve and some meningeal arterial branches and small veins