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cranial cavity
The cranial cavity contains the brain
and its surrounding meninges,
portions of the cranial nerves,
arteries, veins, and venous sinuses.
Parietal bone
Coronal suture
Squamous
suture
Frontal bone
Temporal Sphenoid bone
bone (greater wing)
Frontal sinus
Crista galli
Lambdoid suture Nasal bone
Occipital Sphenoid sinus
bone Ethmoid bone
Occipitomastoid (perpendicular plate)
suture Vomer bone
External occipital Incisive fossa
protuberance Maxilla
Alveolar margins
Internal acoustic
meatus
Pterygoid
Sella turcica Mandible
process of
of sphenoid Mandibular Palatine
(b) sphenoid
bone foramen bone Palatine
bone
process of
maxilla
The cranial cavity is divided into three
cranial fossa
•It
contains the cerebellum, pons, and medulla
oblongata.
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Anteriorly
Superior border of the petrous part of temporal bone
and dorsum sallae.
Posteriorly
Internal surface of squamous part of the occipital bone.
Floor
Basilar, squamous & condylor parts of the occipital
bone & mastoid part
foramen magnum forms the central part of the floor.
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.Figure 7.4b-c: Anatomy of the inferior portion of the skull, p. 208
Posterior
cranial
fossa
(c)
Tumors of the posterior
cranial fossa
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Cerebellar astrocytoma
Dermoid tumors
Hemangioblastoma