Skull and Cranial Cavity Flashcards
what is in between 2 layers of compact bone of the skull?
spongy bone: Diploe
3 major sutures:
coronal
sagittal
lambdoid
pterion is H-shaped fusion of?
frontal
sphenoid (greater wing)
parietal
temporal
Why is injury to pterion dangerous? 2 reasons
thin area
middle meningeal artery grooves under it
what demarcates vertical to horizontal transition of frontal bone?
supraorbital margin
4 projections of the temporal bone are:
- zygomatic process
- mastoid process
- styloid
- petrous: into cranium (pyramid shaped)
where does the pituitary sit?
sella turcica of the sphenoid
2 structures of ethymoid bone that project into skull?
crista galli
cribiform plate
superior orbital fissure divides?
greater and lesser wings of sphenoid
Anterior cranial fossa holds?
frontal lobe
lesser wings of sphenoid
middle cranial fossa holds?
temporal lobes
greater wings of sphenoid
petrous part of temporal bone
posterior fossa holds?
cerebellum
occipital lobe
olfactory nerve goes through what?
cribiform plate
what’s in the optic canal?
optic nerve
ophthalmic artery
what goes through cribiform late?
olfactory nerve
what foramen has the optic nerve
ophthalmic artery?
optic canal
what contains nerves to extraocular muscles and branches of trigeminal nerve?
superior orbital fissure
maxillary nerve goes through what?
foramen rotundum
foramen rotundum structure?
maxillary nerve
superior orbital fissure contains?
nerves to extraocular muscles and branches of trigeminal nerve
what goes through foramen spinosum?
middle meningeal artery
what goes through foramen ovale?
mandibular nerve
middle meningeal artery foramen?
foramen spinosum
mandibular nerve foreamen?
foramen ovale
internal acoustic meatus has what?
facial
vestibulocochlear nerve
Jugular foramen has? 4 things
IX,X,XI internal jugular vein
facial
vestibulocochlear nerve goes through?
internal acoustic meatus
IX,X,XI goes through?
jugular foramen
also the internal jugular vein
what goes through foramen lacerum?
NOTHING!
hypoglossal canal?
hypoglossal nerve
epidural and subdural space real?
only potential space
purpose of falx and tentorium?
restrict rotation of brain
falx cerebri attachments?
front: crista galli
back: interior of external occipital protuberance
what is falx cerebelli?
beneath tentorium midline of cerebellum
what is diaphragma sellae?
roof of sella turcica, covers pituitary
3 places sinuses drain venous blood
brain
diploe
emissary veins (bad for infection risk on scalp)
trace path of inferior saggital sinus
tracts backwards, joint great cerebral vein, forms straight sinus, joins confluence of sinuses
what is the intercavernous sinus for?
pituitary
other important optic structures
what happens after the confluence of sinuses?
transverse sinus along tentorium horizontally, then sigmoid sinus to internal jugular
when does sigmoid sinus start?
where tentorium meets petrous part of temporal bone at edge of middle cranial fossa
middle meningeal artery is branch of?
maxillary artery
middle meningeal artery formed where?
outside skill
middle meningeal artery enters through?
foramen spinosum
middle meningeal artery does what after enters the skull?
split into ant/post and grooves the bone