Alan E. Zimmer
... or anterior cranial fossa). Zimmer also contributed "Radiologic Imaging of the Cervical Spine" as a chapter to a core clinical ...
Posterior ethmoidal artery
This artery supplies the posterior ethmoidal air sinuses, the dura mater of the anterior cranial fossa, and the upper part of ... It is smaller than the anterior ethmoidal artery. The posterior ethmoidal artery is an orbital branch of the ophthalmic artery ...
Facial nerve
It arises from the brainstem from an area posterior to the cranial nerve VI (abducens nerve) and anterior to cranial nerve VIII ... From the brain stem, the motor and sensory parts of the facial nerve join and traverse the posterior cranial fossa before ... The facial nerve, also known as the seventh cranial nerve, cranial nerve VII, or simply CN VII, is a cranial nerve that emerges ... The intermediate nerve reaches the posterior cranial fossa via the internal acoustic meatus before synapsing in the solitary ...
Cranial fossa
A cranial fossa is formed by the floor of the cranial cavity. There are three distinct cranial fossae: Anterior cranial fossa ( ... fossa cranii anterior), housing the projecting frontal lobes of the brain Middle cranial fossa (fossa cranii media), separated ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cranial fossae. Anatomical terms of location § Cranial and caudal Fossa (anatomy) ( ... from the posterior fossa by the clivus and the petrous crest housing the temporal lobe Posterior cranial fossa (fossa cranii ...
Pterygopalatine fossa
... and middle cranial fossa through eight foramina. It has the following boundaries: anterior: superomedial part of the ... In human anatomy, the pterygopalatine fossa (sphenopalatine fossa) is a fossa in the skull. A human skull contains two ... Each fossa is a cone-shaped paired depression deep to the infratemporal fossa and posterior to the maxilla on each side of the ... The following passages connect the fossa with other parts of the skull: The pterygopalatine fossa contains the pterygopalatine ...
Craniosynostosis
The main elements of metopic suture closure involve a low volume of the anterior cranial fossa, the metopic ridging and ... The treatment of pansynostosis comprises the expansion of the anterior cranial vault, as well as the posterior cranial vault. ... Reshaping of the cranial vault most commonly means excision of the bones to allow shape adjustment. Replacement of cranial ... The primary failure is the absence of growth of the brain, rendering the sutures of the cranial vault useless. As a consequence ...
Clivus (anatomy)
It is medial to the foramen lacerum (the internal carotid artery reaches the middle cranial fossa above the foramen lacerum), ... It is anterior to the basilar artery. On sagittal plane, it can be divided into two surfaces including the pharyngeal (inferior ... It slopes gradually to the anterior part of the basilar occipital bone at its junction with the sphenoid bone. It extends to ... It slopes gradually to the anterior part of the basilar occipital bone at its junction with the sphenoid bone. Synchondrosis of ...
Petrous part of the temporal bone
The anterior surface forms the posterior part of the middle cranial fossa of the base of the skull, and is continuous with the ... The posterior surface forms the anterior part of the posterior cranial fossa of the base of the skull, and is continuous with ... an eminence occasionally projects from the center of the fossa, and divides the foramen into two. The anterior angle is divided ... this depression is represented by a large fossa, the subarcuate fossa, which extends backward as a blind tunnel under the ...
Rhinorrhea
... result in a rupture of the barrier between the sinonasal cavity and the anterior cranial fossae or the middle cranial fossae. ...
Fossa (anatomy)
Cranial fossa Anterior cranial fossa Middle cranial fossa Interpeduncular fossa Posterior cranial fossa Hypophyseal fossa ... Infraclavicular fossa Pyriform fossa Substernal fossa Iliac fossa Ovarian fossa Paravesical fossa Coccygeal fossa Fossa ... fossa Jugular fossa Infratemporal fossa Pterygopalatine fossa Pterygoid fossa Lacrimal fossa Fossa for lacrimal gland Fossa for ... Fossa ovalis (thigh) Trochanteric fossa Acetabular fossa Popliteal fossa Intercondyloid fossa Anterior intercondyloid fossa ...
Occipital bone
The inner surface of the occipital bone forms the base of the posterior cranial fossa. The foramen magnum is a large hole ... The basion is the most anterior point of the opening and the opisthion is the point on the opposite posterior part. The basion ... Like the other cranial bones, it is classed as a flat bone. Due to its many attachments and features, the occipital bone is ... The occipital bone (/ˌɒkˈsɪpɪtəl/) is a cranial dermal bone and the main bone of the occiput (back and lower part of the skull ...
Chorda tympani
The special sensory fibers originate from the taste buds in the anterior 2/3 of the tongue and carry taste information to the ... The chorda tympani is one of three cranial nerves that are involved in taste. The taste system involves a complicated feedback ... Chorda tympani then exits the skull by descending through the petrotympanic fissure into the infratemporal fossa. Here it joins ... Injury to the chorda tympani nerve leads to loss or distortion of taste from anterior 2/3 of tongue. However, taste from the ...
Internal carotid artery
... helps supply blood to the meninges of the anterior cranial fossa Clivus branches - tiny branches that supply the clivus ... the posterior communicating artery the anterior choroidal artery The internal carotid then divides to form the anterior ... Branches from the communicating portion Posterior communicating artery Anterior choroidal artery Anterior cerebral artery (a ... Farther forward, it is separated from the trigeminal ganglion by a thin plate of bone, which forms the floor of the fossa for ...
Stapedial branch of posterior auricular artery
... the stapedial artery enters the middle cranial fossa and splits into the anterior and inferior divisions of the superior ramus ...
Greater petrosal nerve
It emerges into the middle cranial fossa upon the anterosuperior surface of the bone: 498 through the hiatus for greater ... which continues anterior-ward through the pterygoid canal to reach the pterygopalatine fossa and form the pterygopalatine ... 842 In the middle cranial fossa, the nerve is situated between the two layers of the dura mater: 450, 498 and passes obliquely ... 498 During surgery of the middle cranial fossa, manipulation of the dura mater may yank the greater petrosal nerve,: 450, 498 ...
List of MeSH codes (A02)
... anterior cranial fossa MeSH A02.835.232.781.750.165 - middle cranial fossa MeSH A02.835.232.781.750.400 - posterior cranial ... cranial fontanelles MeSH A02.835.232.781.200 - cranial sutures MeSH A02.835.232.781.292 - ethmoid bone MeSH A02.835.232.781.324 ... fossa MeSH A02.835.232.781.750.400.500 - jugular foramina MeSH A02.835.232.781.750.700 - infratemporal fossa MeSH A02.835. ... anterior cruciate ligament MeSH A02.513.514.162 - collateral ligament MeSH A02.513.514.162.250 - ulnar collateral ligament MeSH ...
Fovea
... neck fovea ethmoidalis part of the frontal bone of skull that separates ethmoid sinuses from the anterior cranial fossa. Fovea ...
Trigonocephaly
Observatory signs of trigonocephaly are: a triangular forehead seen from top view leading to a smaller anterior cranial fossa a ... Thus, whoever has a prominence in the anterior part of the head (by prominence is meant the round protuberant part of the bone ... Limited growth of the frontal lobes leads to an absence of stimuli for cranial growth, therefore causing premature fusion of ... Distraction osteogenesis Distraction osteogenesis is based on creating more cranial space for the brain by gradually moving the ...
Pterygoid canal
... bone of the skull leading from just anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa. ... The pterygoid canal runs through the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone to the back wall of the pterygopalatine fossa ...
Tuberculum sellae
... that forms the floor of the middle cranial fossa: 508-509 ) at the anterior boundary of the sella turcica (hypophyseal ( ... pituitary) fossa): 509 and posterior boundary of the chiasmatic groove.: 509 A middle clinoid process flanks the tuberculum ...
Base of skull
... ganglion Middle cranial fossa Anterior cranial fossa Middle meningeal artery Cribriform plate Posterior cranial fossa ... sella turcica The anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossa in different colors Wikimedia Commons has media related to ... The base of skull, also known as the cranial base or the cranial floor, is the most inferior area of the skull. It is composed ... Cranial base. (Articles with short description, Short description matches Wikidata, Commons category link is on Wikidata, ...
List of MeSH codes (A01)
... cranial fossa, anterior MeSH A01.456.830.165 - cranial fossa, middle MeSH A01.456.830.200 - cranial fossa, posterior MeSH ... A01.456.830.200.500 - Jugular Foramina MeSH A01.456.830.600 - Infratemporal Fossa MeSH A01.456.830.800 - Parapharyngeal Space ...
Ophthalmic nerve
... dura mater in the anterior cranial fossa, superior parts of the tentorium cerebelli, upper eyelid, dorsum of the nose, and ... It is one of three divisions of the trigeminal nerve (CN V), a cranial nerve. It has three major branches which provide sensory ... It arises from the superior part of the trigeminal ganglion.[citation needed] It passes anterior-ward along the lateral wall of ... frontal nerve supraorbital nerve supratrochlear nerve lacrimal nerve nasociliary nerve posterior ethmoidal nerve anterior ...
Uncinate process of ethmoid bone
... the anterior cranial fossa, on the ethmoidal roof (25%), or the middle concha (25%). The superior attachment of the uncinate ... Between the posterior edge of this process and the anterior surface of the ethmoid bulla, there is a two-dimensional space, ...
Outline of human anatomy
Petro-occipital fissure Anterior cranial fossa Middle cranial fossa Posterior cranial fossa Clivus External surface of cranial ... Gonion Temporal fossa Zygomatic arch Infratemporal fossa Pterygopalatine fossa Pterygomaxillary fissure Fontanelles Anterior ... Cranial cartilaginous joints Cranial synchondroses Cranial synovial joints Temporomandibular joint Sphenomandibular ligament ... surface Radial groove Deltoid tuberosity Condyle of humerus Capitulum Trochlea Olecranon fossa Coronoid fossa Radial fossa ...
Makaracetus
These grooves are paralleled on the ventral side by extraordinary lateral fossae, stretching from the anterior maxilla and over ... Walrus cranial morphology is different, but they are aquatic and use specialized buccal and facial muscles to feed on molluscs ... A combination of cranial features indicates that Makaracetus had a short, muscular proboscis similar to a tapir. There are ... broad and shallow narial grooves on the dorsal side of the premaxilla extending the nasal vestibule to the anterior end of the ...
Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve
... enters the middle cranial fossa through either the foramen spinosum or foramen ovale to innervate the meninges of this fossa as ... It divides into two branches - anterior and posterior - which accompany the main divisions of the middle meningeal artery and ... supply the dura mater: The anterior branch communicates with the meningeal branch of the maxillary nerve. The posterior branch ...
Lophostropheus
... a moderately convex anterior articular surface of the anterior postaxial cervical vertebrae (also present in Ceratosauria+ ... has a dorsoventrally well-extended hyposphene an incipient concavity is present on the cranial articular surface of the cranial ... Tetanurae) the last dorsal vertebral centrum has a large and oval lateral fossa (also observed in Herrerasaurus) the last ... This naming is a reference to the prominent dorsal and ventral laminae observed in the cranial cervical vertebrae. The specific ...
Digastric muscle
The anterior belly attaches at the digastric fossa of mandible (situated at the base of the mandible near the midline). It ... The anterior belly is innervated via the mandibular nerve (cranial nerve V), and the posterior belly is innervated via the ... and its anterior belly is attached to the digastric fossa of mandible; the two bellies are united by an intermediate tendon ... the anterior belly receives motor innervation from the mylohyoid nerve (a branch of the inferior alveolar nerve, which is in ...
Dermatome (anatomy)
S2 - At the midpoint of the popliteal fossa. S3 - Over the tuberosity of the ischium or intragluteal fold S4 and S5 - In the ... L1 - Midway between the key sensory points for T12 and L2.[clarification needed] L2 - On the anterior medial thigh, at the ... perianal area, less than one cm lateral to the mucocutaneous zone Following is a list of cranial nerves responsible for ... T1 - On the medial (ulnar) side of the antecubital fossa, just distal to the medial epicondyle of the humerus. T2 - At the apex ...
Greater wing of sphenoid bone
1] forms part of the middle cranial fossa; it is deeply concave, and presents depressions for the convolutions of the temporal ... Medial to the anterior extremity of the infratemporal crest is a triangular process that serves to increase the attachment of ... Left infratemporal fossa. The skull from the front. Articulation of the mandible. Medial aspect. Muscles of the right orbit. ... It has a number of foramina (holes) in it: The foramen rotundum is a circular aperture at its anterior and medial part; it ...
Carotid canal
... the middle cranial fossa of) the cranial cavity. The carotid canal is located within the middle cranial fossa, at the petrous ... Both internal and external openings of the carotid canal lies anterior to the jugular foramen, where the latter is located ... inside the posterior cranial fossa. The carotid canal is separated from middle ear and inner ear by a thin plate of bone. The ...
Cerebral hemisphere
The temporal pole is located between the frontal and occipital poles, and sits in the anterior part of middle cranial fossa in ... Smaller commissures, including the anterior commissure, the posterior commissure and the fornix, also join the hemispheres and ...
Foramen rotundum
It connects the middle cranial fossa and the pterygopalatine fossa. It allows for the passage of the maxillary nerve (V2), a ... in the anterior and medial part of the sphenoid bone. The mean area of the foramina rotunda is not considerable, which may ... Barral, Jean-Pierre; Croibier, Alain (2009-01-01). "16 - Maxillary nerve". Manual Therapy for the Cranial Nerves. Churchill ...
Sphenoparietal sinus
... between the anterior cranial fossa and middle cranial fossa.[citation needed] It terminates by draining into the anterior part ... and the anterior temporal diploic veins. San Millán Ruíz D, Fasel J, Rüfenacht D, Gailloud P (2004). "The sphenoparietal sinus ...
Dura mater
This depends upon the area of the cranial cavity: in the anterior cranial fossa the anterior meningeal artery (branch from the ... in the middle cranial fossa the middle meningeal artery and some accessory arteries are responsible for blood supply, the ... and the in posterior cranial fossa the dura mater has numerous blood supply from different possible arteries: A. posterior ... forming a partial roof over the hypophysial fossa. The sellar diaphgram covers the pituitary gland in this fossa and has an ...
Skull fracture
... the roof of orbits in the anterior cranial fossa, and the areas between the mastoid and dural sinuses in the posterior cranial ... The middle cranial fossa, a depression at the base of the cranial cavity forms the thinnest part of the skull and is thus the ... "Growing skull fracture of the posterior cranial fossa and of the orbital roof". Acta Neurochir (Wien). 145 (3): 201-8, ... A cranial burst skull fracture, usually occurring with severe injuries in infants less than 1 year of age, is a closed, ...
Index of anatomy articles
... tract anterior cranial fossa anterior cruciate ligament anterior ethmoidal foramen anterior ethmoidal nerve anterior funiculus ... coxae cranial cranial autonomic ganglia cranial bone cranial nerve ganglia cranial nerve lesion cranial nerve nuclei cranial ... anterior nucleus of the thalamus anterior perforated substance anterior pituitary anterior root anterior spinal artery anterior ... anterior horn cells anterior horn of the lateral ventricle anterior hypothalamus anterior inferior cerebellar artery anterior ...
Lesser petrosal nerve
... hiatus for lesser petrosal nerve on the anterior surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone into the middle cranial fossa ... It passes out of the tympanic cavity through the petrous part of the temporal bone into the middle cranial fossa of the cranial ... Sep 2007). "The course of the lesser petrosal nerve on the middle cranial fossa". Neurosurgery. 61 (3 Suppl): 15-23. doi: ... then exits the cranial cavity through its own canaliculus to reach the infratemporal fossa. Cell bodies of the lesser petrosal ...
Ethmoid bone
The cribriform plate forms the roof of the nasal cavity and also contributes to formation of the anterior cranial fossa, the ... The ethmoid bone is an anterior cranial bone located between the eyes. It contributes to the medial wall of the orbit, the ...