Cranial Cavity — Flashcards

Foramen of the skull:Structures passing through the _____ foramen include:Inferior Petrosal sinus+-Meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery, -Cranial nerves IX,X & XI and Sigmoid Sinus that continues as IJV+Meningeal branch of occipital artery as it passes the foramen(from anterior to posterior)

Foramen of the skull:Structures passing through _____ include:Maxillary division of the fifth cranial nerve

Basilar skull fractures most often follow traumatic head injuries and commonly involve the _____ segment of the temporal bone

Foramen of the skull:The _____ nerve, formed from the sympathetic plexus on the ICA carries the postganglionic sympathetic fibres from the superior cervical ganglion

The facial nerve can be classified into 3 parts according to its course from the pontomedullary junction: _____, Intratemporal and Extratemporal

Foramen of the skull: Structures passing through _____ include (Mnemonic: MEN): - Middle meningeal artery - Posterior trunk of Middle meningeal vein - Nervus spinosus (Meningeal branch of the Mandibular nerve)

The _____ artery enters the skull through the foramen spinosum

_____ sinus, maxillary sinus, anterior ethmoidal sinus open into the middle meatus

Each sigmoid sinus exits the skull via the _____ as internal jugular veins

ID Chamber: _____