The anterior cranial fossa is a depression in the floor of the cranial base which houses the projecting frontal lobes of the brain. It is formed by the...

the anterior cranial fossa, is narrow medially and widens laterally to the sides of the skull. It is separated from the posterior cranial fossa by the...

floor of the posterior cranial fossa, its most conspicuous feature. Lies in the anterior wall of the posterior cranial fossa. It transmits the facial...

the same time, the angle of the anterior cranial fossa decreases, and its depth increases towards the middle cranial fossa. In the second trimester, growth...

A cranial fossa is formed by the floor of the cranial cavity. There are three distinct cranial fossae: Anterior cranial fossa (fossa cranii anterior),...

hypophyseal fossa (the depression in the sphenoid bone). Some examples include: In the skull: Cranial fossa Anterior cranial fossa Middle cranial fossa Interpeduncular...

Trigeminal ganglion Middle cranial fossa Anterior cranial fossa Middle meningeal artery Cribriform plate Posterior cranial fossa Nasociliary nerve Hypoglossal...

anterior and middle ethmoid air cells. Following which, it enters the anterior cranial fossa where it bifurcates into a meningeal branch and nasal branch.[citation...

cavities, infratemporal fossa, orbit, pharynx, and middle cranial fossa through eight foramina. It has the following boundaries: anterior: superomedial part...

value of 85%. They are most often associated with fractures of the anterior cranial fossa. Raccoon eyes may also be a sign of disseminated neuroblastoma,...

the anterior ethmoidal canal alongside the anterior ethmoidal artery: 780  and vein: 566  to emerge in anterior cranial fossa through the anterior ethmoidal...

elements of metopic suture closure involve a low volume of the anterior cranial fossa, the metopic ridging and hypotelorism. These problems are all addressed...

body. The human skull has numerous openings (foramina), through which cranial nerves, arteries, veins, and other structures pass. These foramina vary...

hypophysial veins. This depends upon the area of the cranial cavity: in the anterior cranial fossa the anterior meningeal artery (branch from the ethmoidal artery)...

(CN V3) and its branches. The boundaries of the infratemporal fossa occur: anteriorly, by the infratemporal surface of the maxilla, and the ridge which...

posterior fossa structures, by using the mastoid fontanelle, the posterior fontanelle and/or the temporal window. Other refinements of cranial ultrasound...

attached to the mastoid notch of temporal bone, and its anterior belly is attached to the digastric fossa of mandible; the two bellies are united by an intermediate...

main factor of the metopic suture is to increase the volume of the anterior cranial fossa. The frontal bone includes the forehead, and the roofs of the orbits...

Diploe Cranial base Internal surface of cranial base Sphenopetrosal fissure Petro-occipital fissure Anterior cranial fossa Middle cranial fossa Posterior...

the lateral end of the wing. Superior surface forming floor of anterior cranial fossa. Inferior surface forming upper boundary of superior orbital fissure...

roof of the nasal cavity and also contributes to formation of the anterior cranial fossa, the ethmoidal labyrinth consists of a large mass on either side...

olfactory fossa". Barral, Jean-Pierre; Crobier, Alain (2009-01-01). "4: Cranial nerves as they emerge from the skull". Manual Therapy for the Cranial Nerves...

pain, and temperature of the outer ear, the dura of the posterior cranial fossa and the mucosa of the larynx The motor division of the glossopharyngeal...

roof of orbits in the anterior cranial fossa, and the areas between the mastoid and dural sinuses in the posterior cranial fossa. Children with a simple...

branch Meningeal branch - helps supply blood to the meninges of the anterior cranial fossa Clivus branches - tiny branches that supply the clivus Inferior...

rhinorrhoea is the most common acquired defect in the skull base bones (anterior cranial fossa) causing spontaneous nasal liquorrhea. Defects are often localized...

from the brainstem from an area posterior to the cranial nerve VI (abducens nerve) and anterior to cranial nerve VIII (vestibulocochlear nerve). The facial...

ethmoid bone. Basilar skull fractures are divided into anterior fossa, middle fossa and posterior fossa fractures. Facial fractures often also occur. Diagnosis...

sphenoethmoidal suture is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the ethmoid bone. It is located in the anterior cranial fossa. This article incorporates...

supplies the posterior ethmoidal air sinuses, the dura mater of the anterior cranial fossa, and the upper part of the nasal mucosa of the nasal septum.[citation...