Osteology of Skull & Cranial Fossa

  1. Neurocranium Bones
    • (8)
    • Single: Frontal, Occipital, Sphenoid, Ethmoid
    • Paired: temporal, parietal
  2. Viscerocranium Bones
    • (15)
    • Single: Ethmoid, Mandible, Vomer
    • Paired: Maxillae, Inf. nasal conchae, zygomatic, palatine, nasal, lacrimal
  3. Bones of Orbit
    • Sphenoid
    • Maxilla
    • Ethmoid
    • Lacrimal
    • Palatine
    • Frontal
    • Zygomatic
  4. Bones of Nasal Cavity
    • Single: frontal, ethmoid, sphenoid, vomer
    • Paired: nasal, lacrimal, maxilla, palatine, inf. nasal concha
  5. Bones of Oral Cavity
    • Single: mandible
    • Paired: maxilla, palatine
  6. Anterior Cranial Fossa
    Bones & Foramen
    • Bones: frontal, cribiform plate, lesser wing of sphenoid
    • Foramina: foramen cecum, cribiform, ant & post ethmoid
  7. Middle Cranial Fossa
    Bones & Foramen
    • Bones: parietal, greater wing of sphenoid, temporal bone
    • Foramina: optic canal, SOF, rotundum, ovale, spinosum, lacerum, greater petrosal n. hiatus
  8. Posterior Cranial Fossa
    Bones & Foramen
    • Bones: petrous temporal, occipital
    • Foramina: magnum, jugular, hypoglossal canal, condylar & mastoid
  9. Cranial Nerve Exit: Cribiform plate
    CN I
  10. Cranial Nerve Exit: Optic Canal
    CN II
  11. Cranial Nerve Exit: Superior Orbital Fissure
    CN III, IV, V1, VI
  12. Cranial Nerve Exit: Foramen rotundum & ovale
    • rotundum - V2
    • ovale - V3
  13. Cranial Nerve Exit: Internal Acoustic Meatus
    CN VII (& stylomastoid foramen), VIII (enters not exits)
  14. Cranial Nerve Exit: Jugular foramen
    CN IX, X, XI
  15. Cranial Nerve Exit: Hypoglossal Canal
    CN XII
  16. Fractures of Maxilla & associated bones
    Le Fort I, II, III
  17. Fractures of Mandible
    • Condylar
    • Coronoid
    • Angle
    • Body
  18. Fractures of the Calvaria
    • Linear
    • Depressed
    • Comminuted
    • Basilar
    • Counterblow
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Osteology of Skull & Cranial Fossa
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Osteology of Skull & Cranial Fossa
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