Skull Anatomy Flashcards




Name the sinus?






























































Name the layers of the scalp:
Skin
Connective Tissue
Aponeurosis
Loose Connective Tissue
Periosteum
Auriculotemporal Nerve is motor or sensory?
SENSORY!
MIddle menigeal artery enters skull through what foramen?
Foramen spinosum
How does CSF return back to the venous system?
Through the arachnoid granulations
Blackeyes caused by:
injury to supercililary arches
Main sinuses that come together in the confluence of sinuses and where do they go?
Straight sinus, occipital sinus, and trasnverse snius come together to form confluence and then cut down to the jugular formamen where they exit the skull
What are sinuses in brain formed by?
The division of the dura mater
What sinus surrounds the pituitary gland?
The cavernous sinus
What vein ysstem lies betwen the inner and outer cortical layer sof the skull bone?
The dploic venous system
What covers the inner and outer layers of the skull?
Periosteum (2 types)
- Pericranium covers the outer surface
- Endocranium covers the inner surface
The vestibulocochlear nerve exits the skull where?
The internal audiotry meatus
The stylomastoid foramen has what nerve passing through it?
Facial nerve 7
The maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve (V2) passes through what foramen?
The foramen rotundum
What is a fonatanelle?
“soft spots”
most close by 2 years
fibrous tissue and cartilage connection in areas where parietal bones aren’t developed
What is the covering over the pituitary gland through which the infundibulum must penetrate?
the diaphragma sella