Osteology of the cranial base Flashcards
What is the anterior boundary of the anterior cranial base?
frontal bone
What is the post boundary of the anterior cranial base?
Lesser wing of spenoid
What is the anterior border of midddle cranial fossa?
LW of sphenoid
lateral border of middle cranial fossa
SQuamous part of temporal
POst border of middle cranial fossa
dorsum selllae
and petrous part of temporal
Ant border of posterior cranial fossa
dorsum sellae and petrous part of temporal
occipital
What is located on GW of sphenoid?
Superorbital fissrue
foreamen rotundum
foramen ovale
WHat passes through foramen rotundum?
CNVb
What passes through foramen ovale?
Mandibular nerve
accasesory meningeal arteries
What is located on the body of sphenoid?
Hypophyseal fossa
Post clenoid processes
Where is the internal acoustic meatus located?
Petrous part of temporal bone
What nerves pass through the petrous part of temporal bone?
CNVII
CNVIII
Where is the stylomastoid foramen located?
Between styloid and mastoid foramen
What passes through the stylomastoid foremen?
Facial nerve
