SKULL

• What is the roof of the cranium called?

  Calvarium
• Which bones comprise the calvarium?

  Frontal, occipital, and two parietal bones
• How many bones make up the cranial base?

  Six bones
• Which bones are included in the cranial base?

  Frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, occipital, parietal, temporal
• What is the significance of the cranial base bones?

  They provide articulation points for the atlas
• What are the zygomatic bones commonly known as?

  Cheek bones
• What is the name of the suture that runs along the midline of the skull?

  Sagittal suture
• What is the name of the suture that separates the frontal bone from the parietal bones?

  Coronal suture
• What is the mastoid process?

  A bony prominence behind the ear
• What is an extradural hematoma?

  A collection of blood between the skull and dura mater
• What are the three membranes surrounding the brain?

  Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater
• What does the term 'hematoma' refer to?

  A tumor-like collection of blood
• What are mental foramina?

  Openings in the mandible
• What does 'foramina' mean?

  Openings
• What does 'fissure' refer to in anatomy?

  Slit-like openings
• What are the supraorbital and infraorbital regions associated with?

  Openings above and below the eye
• What is the groove for in the calvaria?

  Superior sagittal sinus
• What are the pits in the calvaria associated with?

  Indentations of arachnoid granulations
• What vessels have grooves on the sides of the calvaria?

  Middle meningeal vessels
• What do arachnoid granulations allow to pass into the venous system?

  CSF from the subarachnoid space
• What is the arachnoid membrane in relation to the CNS?

  Second layer of three membranes
• What are the two types of dural venous sinuses mentioned?

  Superior and inferior sagittal sinuses
• What does the groove for the superior sagittal sinus trace down to?

  Crest for the falx cerebri
• What is located behind the lower end of the crest for the falx cerebri?

  Foramen cecum
• What forms a large part of the roof of the orbit?

  Orbital plate of the frontal bone
• Which lobe of the brain occupies the anterior cranial fossa?

  Frontal lobe
• What is the cribriform plate associated with?

  Ethmoid bone
• What projects upwards in the midline of the cribriform plate?

  Crista galli
• What does the cribriform plate transmit?

  Olfactory nerves from the nose
• What lodges in the shallow fossa at the postero-lateral angle of the cribriform plate?

  Olfactory bulb
• What is the pterion associated with?

  Meeting of lesser and greater wings
• What artery runs through the pterion?

  Anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery
• What is perforated by the optic canal?

  Base of the lesser wing
• What does the optic canal transmit?

  Optic nerve and ophthalmic artery
• What is the posterior boundary of the anterior cranial fossa?

  Lesser wing of the sphenoid
• What does foramen ovale transmit?

  Mandibular nerve
• What artery runs up from the maxillary artery?

  Accessory meningeal artery
• What does foramen rotundum transmit?

  Maxillary nerve
• What is the superior orbital fissure?

  A gap between lesser and greater wings
• What does the internal acoustic foramen transmit?

  Facial nerves