Inside The Skull In Detail (anatomy)

Question 1

_ is main venous drainage of brain

Answer 1

Superior Sagittal venous sinus

Question 2

Foramen cecum allows passage of a vein linking superior Sagittal venous sinus to veins in _

Answer 2

Nose

Question 3

_ is where two optic nerves join and redivide on their way from optic canals

Answer 3

Optic chiasma

Question 4

_ contain the optic chiasma

Answer 4

Prechaismatic groove

Question 5

_ is plate of bone forming posterior boarder of pituitary fossa

Answer 5

Dorsum sellae

Question 6

Clivus is sloping surface of _ bone

Answer 6

Sphenoid

Question 7

Hypoglossal canal is one of a pair of channels on either side of the _

Answer 7

Foramen magnum

Question 8

Hypoglossal nerve supplies _

Answer 8

Muscles of tongue

Question 9

_ is a prominent feature of the middle fossa

Answer 9

Pituitary fossa

Question 10

Pituitary fossa lies above the _

Answer 10

Sphenoidal sinuses

Question 12

A sheet of meninges called the _ form roof over pituitary fossa

Answer 12

Diaphragma sellae

Question 13

Tentorium cerebelli are layers of meninges that form a tent over the _

Answer 13

Cerebellum

Question 14

_ provides attachment for tentorium cerebelli

Answer 14

Grooves from transverse sinus

Question 15

_ links the cavernous and sigmoid sinuses

Answer 15

Superior petrosal venous sinus

Question 16

_ transmits olfactory nerves into the roof of the nose

Answer 16

Cribriform plates