new anatomy - from Holla's reveiws

Question 1

craniostenosis?

Answer 1

malformation of cranium

Question 2

location of internal acoustic meatus and structures?

Answer 2

temporal petrous -

VII, VIII, the labyrinthine artery, and the vestibular ganglion.

The internal auditory canal (IAC), also referred to as the internal acoustic meatus lies in the temporal bone and exists between the inner ear and posterior cranial fossa. It includes the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII), facial nerve (CN VII), the labyrinthine artery, and the vestibular ganglion.

Question 3

hypophyseal fossa? seat of saddle

Answer 3

The sella turcica is located in the sphenoid bone behind the chiasmatic groove and the tuberculum sellae. It belongs to the middle cranial fossa. The sella turcica’s most inferior portion is known as the hypophyseal fossa (the “seat of the saddle”), and contains the pituitary gland (