Pituitary Flashcards
1
Q
Two areas of ethmoid bone
A
cribriform plate and perpendicular plate
2
Q
Name all the paranasal sinuses
A
Frontal, maxillary, ethmoid air cells, sphenoid
3
Q
What are the paranasal sinuses lined by?
A
Mucous secreting respiratory mucosa
4
Q
Where do the dural venous sinuses drain to?
A
internal jugular vein at the jugular foraminae
5
Q
What type of tissue is anterior pituitary?
A
glandular
6
Q
What type of tissue is posterior pituitary?
A
neural tissue
7
Q
what is the name for thalamus + hypothalamus?
A
diencephalon
8
Q
what connects the hypothalamus to the pituitary?
A
infundibulum
