The middle cranial fossa is formed by the sphenoid bones, and the temporal bones. It lodges the temporal lobes, and the pituitary gland. It is deeper than...

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

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...

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...

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

Chiasmatic groove Middle clinoid process Groove for sigmoid sinus Trigeminal ganglion Middle cranial fossa Anterior cranial fossa Middle meningeal artery...

communicates with the nasal and oral cavities, infratemporal fossa, orbit, pharynx, and middle cranial fossa through eight foramina. It has the following boundaries:...

into the middle cranial fossa of the cranial cavity, then exits the cranial cavity through its own canaliculus to reach the infratemporal fossa. Cell bodies...

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

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

Several surgicala approaches are described to achieve decompression: Middle cranial fossa approach Translabarynthine approach "Total decompression" can also...

internal carotid (nervous) plexus pass from the neck into (the middle cranial fossa of) the cranial cavity. Observing the trajectory of the canal from exterior...

in the sphenoid bone of the skull. It connects the middle cranial fossa and the pterygopalatine fossa. It allows for the passage of the maxillary nerve...

through the foramen ovale to enter the cranial cavity and supply the dura mater of the floor of the middle cranial fossa and of the trigeminal cave, and to...

known as mastoid ecchymosis, is a late indication of fracture of middle cranial fossa of the skull, appearing as bruising over one or both of the mastoid...

hypophyseal fossa. The sella turcica is located in the sphenoid bone behind the chiasmatic groove and the tuberculum sellae. It belongs to the middle cranial fossa...

supply, in the middle cranial fossa the middle meningeal artery and some accessory arteries are responsible for blood supply, the middle meningeal artery...

from just anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa. It transmits the nerve of pterygoid canal (Vidian...

minute branches to the tentorium cerebelli, and the dura mater in the middle cranial fossa.[citation needed] Medially to the trigeminal ganglion are the internal...

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

of the head called bobble-head doll syndrome. Cysts in the left middle cranial fossa have been associated with ADHD in a study on affected children. Headaches...

to reach the pterygopalatine fossa and form the pterygopalatine ganglion).: 498  During surgery of the middle cranial fossa, manipulation of the dura mater...

forms the floor of the middle cranial fossa: 508-509 ) at the anterior boundary of the sella turcica (hypophyseal (pituitary) fossa): 509  and posterior...

suture) is the cranial suture between the sphenoid bone and the petrous portion of the temporal bone. It is in the middle cranial fossa. This article incorporates...

foramen lacerum. The anterior surface forms the posterior part of the middle cranial fossa of the base of the skull, and is continuous with the inner surface...

bone forming the lateral part of the posterior wall of: 509  the middle cranial fossa.: 566-567 : 420, 509  The arcuate eminence indicates the position...

to the middle cranial fossa. The greater petrosal nerve travels through it to branch from the facial nerve and reach the middle cranial fossa on its way...

sphenoid wings at the base of the skull. The middle cranial fossa, a depression at the base of the cranial cavity forms the thinnest part of the skull...

They then enter the middle cranial fossa above foramen lacerum, travel through the cavernous sinus in the middle cranial fossa and then travel with the...

is a continuation of the tegmen tympani and separates it from the middle cranial fossa. The lateral wall of the antrum is formed by a plate of bone which...