The posterior cranial fossa is the part of the cranial cavity located between the foramen magnum, and tentorium cerebelli. It is formed by the sphenoid...

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 clivus...

Middle cranial fossa (fossa cranii media), separated from the posterior fossa by the clivus and the petrous crest housing the temporal lobe Posterior cranial...

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...

Posterior fossa may refer to: Posterior cranial fossa, an area of the head PHACES Syndrome, a condition of the posterior cranial fossa Posterior intercondyloid...

Interpeduncular fossa Posterior cranial fossa Hypophyseal fossa Temporal bone fossa Mandibular fossa Jugular fossa Infratemporal fossa Pterygopalatine fossa Pterygoid...

that lies inferior to the cerebellar tentorium in the posterior part of the posterior cranial fossa. It partially separates the cerebellar hemispheres....

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

touch, 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...

motor and sensory parts of the facial nerve join and traverse the posterior cranial fossa before entering the petrous temporal bone via the internal auditory...

reception of the trigeminal ganglion. The posterior surface forms the anterior part of the posterior cranial fossa of the base of the skull, and is continuous...

another on the right side. Each fossa is a cone-shaped paired depression deep to the infratemporal fossa and posterior to the maxilla on each side of the...

subarcuate fossa is a shallow depression upon the internal surface of the petrous part of the temporal bone forming the wall of the posterior cranial fossa. The...

by the time it occurs. In the case of epidural hematoma in the posterior cranial fossa, tonsillar herniation causes Cushing's triad: hypertension, bradycardia...

jugular foramen to enter the posterior cranial fossa. It is the largest vessel supplying the dura of the posterior cranial fossa.[citation needed] It may...

meatus, pharyngotympanic tube, superior jugular bulb, posterior cranial fossa, middle cranial fossa, carotid canal, abducens nerve, sigmoid sinus) to which...

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

the petrous part of the temporal bone of the skull between the posterior cranial fossa and the inner ear. The opening to the meatus is called the porus...

evaluate the severity of crowding of the neural structures within the posterior cranial fossa and their pressure against the foramen magnum. Chiari 1.5 is a...

contains neurons which innervate some of the dura mater lining the posterior cranial fossa via the meningeal branch of the vagus nerve. The neurons in the...

Shoja MM, Tubbs RS, Khaki AA, Shokouhi G. A rare variation of the posterior cranial fossa: duplicated falx cerebelli, occipital venous sinus, and internal...

mater in the anterior cranial fossa. The posterior ethmoidal nerve is a branch of the nasociliary nerve. It passes through the posterior ethmoidal foramen...

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 skull...

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

spread into the infratemporal fossa. This can be surgically removed through the middle cranial fossa. The infratemporal fossa can also be used to approach...

used acoustic window for cranial ultrasounds, more advanced operators may gain additional views, especially of posterior fossa structures, by using the...

spreads out to provide sensory innervation to the dura mater of the posterior cranial fossa. The neuron cell bodies of this branch reside in the superior ganglion...

sides of the frontal and parietal lobes. They also occur in the posterior cranial fossa, and near the falx cerebri and tentorium cerebelli. Unlike epidural...

glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX) before the glossopharyngeal enters the posterior cranial fossa through the jugular foramen. The lesser petrosal nerve then travels...

canal opens into the middle cranial fossa, at the petrous part of the temporal bone. Anteriorly, it is limited by posterior margin of the greater wing...