Pre-Class Reading Assignment for TBL 2 Flashcards
What structure is in the anterior cranial fossa?
Frontal pole of the brain
What bones make up the anterior cranial fossa?
- Lesser wing of the sphenoid bone
- Ethmoid
- Frontal
What nerve goes through the cribriform plate of the ethmoid?
CN I, olfactory nerve
Role of the orbit plates in the skull?
- Forms floor of the anterior cranial fossa
- Forms roof of the orbit
What structure is in the middle cranial fossa?
- Temporal lobe
- Pituitary gland
What makes up the middle cranial fossa?
- Body and greater wing of the sphenoid
- Temporal bone, petrous portion
Chiasmatic groove
- Leads to the optic foramen
Optic foramen
- CN II, optic nerve
- Ophthalmic artery
What houses the pituitary gland?
Sella turcica
What forms the ssuperior orbital fissure?
Gap between lesser and greater wing of the sphenoid
Superior orbital fissure?
- CN III, oculomotor nerve
- CN IV, trochlear nerve
- CN V1, ophthalmic division of trigeminal
- CN VI, abducens nerve
- Ophthalmic veins
Where do the branches of the trigeminal branch come from?
Trigeminal ganglion
CN V1 foramen
Superior orbital fissure
CN V2 foramen
Foramen rotundum
CN V3 foramen
Foramen ovale
Accessory meningeal artery foramen
Foramen ovale
Deep petrosal nerve foramen
Foramen ovale
What goes through the foramen spinosum?
Middle meningeal artery
What does the middle meningeal artery supply?
Dural coverings of the brain
Where does the middle meningeal artery go?
Lateral aspect of the cranial vault, along the tin squamous portion of the temporal bone
Where does the internal carotid artery pass through?
Carotid canal, turns anteriorly, then goes through the carotid groove
What does the internal carotid artery supply?
- Anterior and middle regions of the brain
- Orbit
What passes through the cavernous venous sinus?
- Internal carotid artery
- Trigeminal ganglion
- Ophthalmic divison, CN V1
- Maxillary division, CN V3
- Trochlear nerve
- Oculomotor nerve
_ Abducens nerve
Clinical considerations for the dural venous sinuses
- Maxillary regions of the face and oral cavity and spread to the brain through here
What divides the middle cranial fossa and posterior cranial fossa?
Superior petrosal ridge
What is housed in the posterior cranial fossa?
- Cerebellum
- Brainstem
What bones make up the posterior cranial fossa?
- Temporal bone
- Occipital bones
Where is the foramen magnum located?
Posterior cranial fossa
Where is the internal acoustic meatus located?
Petrous temporal bone
What goes through the internal acoustic meatus?
- CN VII
- CN VIII
Where does the internal jugular vein exit the skull?
Jugular foramen
What nerves exit through the jugular foramen?
- CN IX
- CN X
- CN XI
Where does CN XII exit the skull?
Hypoglossal foramen
What goes through the foramen magnum?
- Spinal cord
- Vertebral arteries
- Spinal contribution of the accessory nerve CN XI
Confluens of sinuses
Blood from the meninges drain here on the occiput
What does the confluens of sinuses flow into?
Left or right transverse venous sinuses
Where does the sigmoid sinus drain into?
Internal jugular vein
Periosteum
Outer layer of the dura matter that is continuous with the periosteum
Dural reflections
- Invagination of the inner layer of dura mater
- Compartmentalize the cranial cavity
Falx cerebri location
- Midsagittal
- In between left and right cerebral hemispheres
Tentorium cerebelli location
- Horizontal
- On top of cerebellum
Subarachnoid space
Filled with CSF
What produces CSF?
Choroid plexus
CSF flow
- Choroid plexus
- Subarachnoid space
- Arachnoid granulations
- Dural venous sinuses
What reabsorbs CSF into venous circulation
Arachnoid granulations