Cranial Cavity

Front 1

Cranial cavity has...in it

Back 1

Brain, meninges, some cranial nerve portions and blood vessels

Front 2

Posterior border of cranial cavity

Back 2

Sphenoid ridge

Lesser wing of sphenoid in front

Front 3

Superior border

Back 3

Petrous ridge

Petrous temporal behind

Front 4

Three fossa

Back 4

Ant(highest level), middle, post

Front 5

Roof of cranial cavity

Back 5

Calvaria

Front 6

Anterior cranial fossa boundaries

Back 6

Ant: frontal bone

Midline: crest for falx cerebri

Post: lesser wing of sphenoid

Front 7

Attachment for tentorium cerebelli

Back 7

Anterior clinoid process

Hint 7

Medial end of lesser wing of sphenoid

Front 8

Attachment for falx cerebri

Back 8

Crista galli

Front 9

Floor of calvaria

Back 9

Orbital plate, cribriform plate, Crista galli

Front 10

What passes thru foramen cecum

Back 10

Emissary vein to sup sagittal sinus

Front 11

Narrow slit in crib. Plate

Back 11

For anterior ethmoidal veins

Front 12

Middle cranial fossa resembles a

Back 12

Butterfly (small median, expanded lateral parts)

Hint 12

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Front 13

Median part of m.cranial fossa is made of

Back 13

Sphenoid

Front 14

W/c part of sphenoid contributes not to mcf

Back 14

Pterygoid process

Front 15

Lateral surface of sphenoid

Back 15

Greater wings and pterygoid process

Front 16

Anterior surface of sphenoid

Back 16

Roof of nasal cavity

Front 17

Inferior surface of sphenoid

Back 17

Roof of pharynx

Front 18

Posterior surface of sphenoid

Back 18

Fused with occipital

Front 19

Superior surface of sphenoid

Back 19

Hypophysis cerebri

Front 20

Posterior end of chiasmatic groove

Back 20

Tuberculum sella

Front 21

Sella turcica

Back 21

Upper surface of body (behind chiasmatic groove)

Front 22

Sphenoid ridge

Back 22

Sharp posterior border of lesser wing of sphenoid

Front 23

Hypophyseal fossa at

Back 23

Middle of sella turcica

Front 24

Carotid groove begins in..., Lateral to...., Contain....

Back 24

Foramen lacerum

Hypophyseal fossa

Internal carotid art

Front 25

Lateral part of middle cranial fossa contain

Back 25

Temporal lobes

Hint 25

Which lobe

Front 26

Lateral part of middle cranial fossa made of

Back 26

Greater wings of sphenoid plus squamous and petrous temporal bone

Front 27

Sphenoparietal and superior petrousal sinuses related to

Back 27

Venous sinus

Front 28

Slit bn greater and lesser wing of sphenoid

Back 28

Sup orbital fissure

Front 29

Sup orbital fissure transmits

Back 29

III IV VI, sup ophthalmic vein ophthalmic nerve(T1)

Hint 29

5 structures

Front 30

Foramen rotumdum found below, it transmits

Back 30

Sup orb fiss

Maxillary nerve to pterygopalatine fossa

Front 31

Foramen ovale, transmits

Back 31

Behind rotundum

Mandib nerve, accessory meningeal art and lesser petrosal nerve. (Medial to it may be sphenoid emissary foramen)

Front 32

Pterion fracture may cause

Back 32

Extradural hematoma

Front 33

Damage to ant cranial fossa

Back 33

Epistaxis and CSF rhinorrhea

Front 34

Orbital plate fructure

Back 34

Hemorrhage beneath conjuctiva, exophthalmos

Front 35

Middle cranial fossa fructure

Back 35

Blood and CSF leak to external auditory meatus

III IV VI VII VIII CN injury

Front 36

Posterior cranial fossa fructure

Back 36

Blood to nape and post vertebral muscles

Front 37

Jugular foramen fructure

Back 37

9th 10th 11th CN damage