Flashcards : Cranial Bones: Anterior to Lateral — 35 cartes

Unpaired, anterior skull base, between orbits

Part of skull base, nasal septum, orbit wall

Frontal, nasal, sphenoid, maxillary bones

Central skull; articulates with all cranial bones

Cribriform plate, perpendicular plate, lateral masses, conchae

Squamous, mastoid, petrous parts

Allows olfactory nerve (CN I) passage

Passage for olfactory nerve fibers

Attaches falx cerebri in meninges

Pituitary gland

Forms superior nasal septum

Facial nerve (CN VII)

Ethmoidal air cells, conchae

Internal carotid artery enters skull

Central skull base, behind ethmoid

Body, lesser wings, greater wings, pterygoid processes

Houses pituitary gland

Between lesser wings of sphenoid

Rotundum, ovale, spinosum, optic canal

Medial and lateral plates for muscle attachment

Lateral skull base, sides

Squamous, mastoid, petrous

Zygomatic process, mandibular fossa, articular tubercle

Mastoid process, mastoid air cells, foramen

Inner ear structures, internal acoustic meatus

Facial nerve (CN VII) exit

Internal carotid artery

Temporalis, sternocleidomastoid, digastric

Hearing, balance, facial nerve path

Transmit CN I (olfactory nerves)

Houses pituitary gland, critical in endocrine function

Transmit facial and vestibulocochlear nerves

Facial nerve exits skull

Internal carotid artery entry into skull

Fractures affect neurovascular structures and function