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46 Cards in this Set
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Lat. skull sutures (6) |
Coronal, sphenoparietal, sphenosq., sq., lambdoid, occipitomastoid |
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Pterion location |
W/in 1cm circle: 2 cm behind + 1cm above frontozygomatic suture posterolat. margin |
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Frankfurt line |
Run between bony orbit margin + acoustic int. meatus sup. margin (head in anatomical position) |
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Skull base bones (7) |
Maxilla (hard palate), palatine (hard palate), zygomatic, sphenoid, vomer, temporal, occipital |
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Skull base paired bony prominences |
Mastoid process (temporal, sternocleidomastoid m. attach), styloid process (temporal), occipital condyle (articulate atlas vert. C1) |
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Ant. intracranial fossa boundaries |
Ant. = frontal bone inner surface
Post. = sphenoid prechiasmatic sulcus (med.) + lesser wings (lat.)
Floor = frontal + ethmoid + sphenoid |
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Mid. intracranial fossa boundariesl |
Ant. = sphenoid cinematic sulcus ant. edge (med.) + gt. wings (lat.)
Post. = sphenoid body dorsum sellae post. edge (med.), temporal petrous part (lat.)
Floor: sphenoid body + gt. wing, temporal sq. + petrous parts |
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Post. intracranial fossa boundariesl |
Ant. = sphenoid body dorsum sellae (med.), temporal petrous part sup. border
Post. = occipital sq. part int. surface (+ temporal petromastoid part + small parietal parts)
Floor: temporal mastoid part, occipital sq. + condylar + basilar parts |
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Ant. internal foramina (2) |
Foramen cecum, cribriform plate (olfactory foramen) |
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Mid. internal foramen (9) |
Optic canal, sup. orbital fissure, foramen rotundum, foramen ovale, foramen spinosum, foramen lacerum, carotid canal, hiatus for gt. petrosal n., hiatus for lesser petrosal n. |
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Post. intracranial fossa (5) |
Int. acoustic meatus, jugular foramen, hypoglossal canal, foramen magnum, condylar canal |
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Foramen cecum |
Emissary v.s to nasal cavity |
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Cribriform plate |
Olfactory n. (I) |
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Optic canal |
Optic n. (II) |
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Sup. orbital fissure |
Occulomotor n. (III), trochlear n. (IV), ophthalmic n. (V1), abducens n. (VI), ophthalmic v.s |
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Foramen rotundum |
Maxillary n. (V2) |
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Foramen ovale (int.) |
Mandibular n. (V3) |
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Foramen spinosum |
Mid. meningeal art. |
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Foramen lacerum |
Cart. = only visible in dry skull |
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Carotid canal |
Int. carotid art. |
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Hiatus for gt. petrosal n. |
Gt. petrosal n. |
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Hiatus for lesser petrosal n. |
Lesser petrosal n. |
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Int. acoustic meatus |
Facial n. (VII), vestibulocochlear n. (VIII), labyrinthine art. |
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Jugular foramen (int.) |
Glossopharyngeal n. (IX), vagus n. (X), accessory n. (XI), inf. petrosal sinus, sigmoid sinus (forming int. jugular v.) |
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Hypoglossal canal (int.) |
Hypoglossal n. (XII), asc. pharyngeal art. meningeal branch |
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Foramen magnum (int.) |
Brainstem end/spinal cord begin, vert. art.s, accessory n. spinal roots, meninges |
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Condylar canal |
Emissary v. |
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Ant. ext. foramina (3) |
Supra-orbital foramen, infra-orbital foramen, mental foramen |
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Lat. ext. foramina (1) |
Zygomaticofacial foramen |
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Sup. ext. foramina (1) |
Parietal foramen |
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Inf. ext. foramina (12) |
Incisive foramen, gt. palatine foramen, lesser palatine foramen, pterygoid canal, foramen ovale, foramen spinosum, foramen lacerum, jugular foramen, hypoglossal canal, foramen magnum, stylomastoid foramen, condylar canal |
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Incisive foramen |
Nasopalatine n.s + sphenopalatine n.s |
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Gt. palatine foramen |
Gt. palatine n.s + vessels |
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Lesser palatine foramen |
Lesser palatine n.s + vessels |
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Pterygoid canal |
Pterygoid n. + vessels |
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Foramen ovale (ext.) |
Mandibular n. (V3), lesser petrosal n. |
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Jugular foramen (ext.) |
Int. jugular v., inf. petrosal sinus, glossopharyngeal n. (IX), vagus n. (X), accessory n. (XI) |
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Hypoglossal canal (ext.) |
Hypoglossal n. (XII) + vessels |
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Foramen magnum (ext.) |
Cont. brain + spinal cord, vert. art.s + n. plexuses, ant. spinal art., post. spinal art.s, accessory n. roots, meninges |
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Stylomastoid foramen |
Facial n. (VII) |
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Supra-orbital foramen |
Supra-orbital n. + vessels |
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Mental foramen |
Mental n. + vessels |
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Infra-orbital foramen |
Infra-orbital n.s + vessels |
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Parietal foramen |
Emissary v.s |
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Zygomaticofacial foramen |
Zygomaticofacial n. |
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Skull sinuses |
Frontal, ethmoidal cells, maxillary, sphenoidal |