Learning Issues Week 2 Flashcards
bones of braincase
cribriform plate of ethmoid bone, sphenoid bones (presphenoid and basisphenoid), occipital bones, parietal bones, frontal bones, and temporal bones
braincase
part of skull that houses brain (bone)
cranial cavity
space with in braincase
floor of braincase
presphenoid, basisphenoid, basiocipital bones
rostral boundary of braincase
cribriform plate of ethmoid bone; divides braincase from nasal cavity
olfactory afferents (CN I) pass through
cribriform plate of ethmoid bone
access from nasal cavity to cr cavity
for infectious agents; through cribiform plate of ethmoid bone
sphenoid bones
presphenoid and basisphenoid
rostral 2/3 braincase floor
sphenoid bones
hypophyseal fossa
midline depression basisphenoid bone houses hypophysis (pituitary gland)
dorsum sellae
bony prominence that cdly borders pituitary gland; sits in midline groove btwn crus ceribri
cavernous sinus
venous sinus lateral to hypophyseal fossa
optic canal/ foramen
formed by presphenoid bone, CN II enters skull here
orbital fissure
formed at junction of presphenoid and basisphenoid bones; CN III, IV, VI, and V1 pass through
round and oval foramen
in basisphenoid bone, V2 and V3 transverse respectively
alar canal
in dogs and horses not cats or ruminants; formed in basisphenoid bone; maxillary artery transverses V2 transverses and emerges from rostral alar foramen
what form cd boundary braincase
occipital bones
occipital bones articulate with
atlas and occipital condyles
basisphenoid bone, temporal bones, parietal bone
sphenoid bones contain
- hypophyseal fossa
- Dorsal sell
- Cavernous sinus
- Optic canal/ fissure
- Orbital fissure
- Round and oval foramina
- Alar canal
occipital bones contain
- Tentorium osseum
- Tentorium cerebelli
- Foramen magnum
- Basioccipital bone
- Hypoglossal canal
- Jugular formane
- Tympano-occipital fissure
Tentorium osseum
D bony process extending into cr cavity
tentorium cerebelli
reflection/ fold dura matter; attached at tentorium osseum
foramen magnum
spinal cord emerges through this opening
basioccipital bone
cd 1/3 base braincase; pons and medulla sit on this