Week 1 The Cranium Flashcards
Frontal sinus
Frontal
▪ Orbital plate
Frontal
Two elevated arches, the supraciliary arches, are joined to one another by a smooth area termed the glabella (Figs. 2.2 and 2.4). The horizontal portion forms the roof over each orbit, termed the orbital plate, and the majority of the anterior cranial fossa
▪ Supraorbital foramen
Frontal
▪ Glabella
Frontal
▪ Vertex
o Parietal
▪ Zygoma
o Temporal
▪ Mandibular fossa
o Temporal
▪ External/Internal auditory canals
o Temporal
▪ Mastoid air cells
o Temporal
▪ Petrous
o Temporal
▪ Styloid Process
o Temporal
▪ Foramen magnum
o Occipital
▪ Clivus
o Occipital
▪ Occipital condyles
o Occipital
▪ Cribriform plate
o Ethmoid
▪ Crista Galli
o Ethmoid
▪ Perpendicular plate
o Ethmoid
▪ Dorsum sellae
o Sphenoid
▪ Lateral masses/labyrinth
o Ethmoid
▪ Sphenoid sinus
o Sphenoid
▪ Nasal conchae/turbinates – superior and middle
o Ethmoid
▪ Tuberculum sellae
o Sphenoid
▪ Greater/Lesser wings
o Sphenoid
▪ Anterior and Posterior clinoid processes
o Sphenoid
▪ Pterygoid – process and medial/lateral plates
o Sphenoid
▪ Optic canal
o Sphenoid
▪ Sagittal suture
o Sutures
▪ Coronal suture
o Sutures
▪ Lambdoidal suture
o Sutures
▪ Squamous suture
o Sutures
▪ Bregma fontanel
o Fontanels
▪ Lambda fontanel
o Fontanels
▪ Spenoid fontanel
o Fontanels
▪ Mastoid fontanel
o Fontanels
