Review Items - Scalp, Cranial Cavity, Meninges & Brain

Osteology:

Base of skull (N 8,9,11)
Cranial fossae (anterior, middle, posterior) (N 9)
Crista galli (N 6,9)
Cribriform plate of ethmoid bone (for CN I) (N 6, 9)
Sella turcica (N 6, 9)
Petrous portion (ridge) of temporal bone (N 9)
Greater & lesser wings of sphenoid (N 6, 9)
Internal occipital protuberance (N 9)
Calvaria (N 7)
Optic canal (for CN II & ophthalmic a.) (N 2,11)
Superior orbital fissure (for CN III, IV, V₁, VI) (N 2,11)
Foramen rotundum (for CN V₂) (N 11)
Foramen ovale (for CN V₃) (N 11)
Foramen spinosum (for middle meningeal a.) (N 11)
Foramen lacerum (N 11)
Internal acoustic meatus (for CN VII & VIII) (N 11)
Jugular foramen (for CN IX, X, XI) (N 11)
Hypoglossal canal (for CN XII) (N 11)

Scalp: (N 99,101,26)

Skin
Connective tissue (dense)
Aponeurosis (galea aponeurotica)

Epicranius (occipitalis and frontalis mm.)
Loose connective tissue
Pericranium

Brain:

Hypophysis (pituitary gland) (N 109,147)
Cerebrum (N 103)

Hemispheres

     Frontal lobe

     Temporal lobe

     Parietal lobe

     Occipital lobe

Longitudinal fissure (N 113)
Cerebellum (N 112,115)
Midbrain (N 114,115)
Pons (N 106,114,115)
Medulla oblongata (N 106,114,115)
Cranial nerves I-XII (N 114)

General function (N 118)

Exits from cranial fossae (N 11,104)
Ventricles (N 109)
Lateral

Third

Fourth

Interventricular foramen

Cerebral aqueduct

Choroid plexus

Cerebrospinal fluid

Meninges:

Pia mater (N 99,101)
Arachnoid membrane (N 99,101)

Trabeculae

Subarachnoid space

Arachnoid granulations
Dura mater (N 97,98)
Falx cerebri

Falx cerebelli

Tentorial notch

Tentorium cerebelli

Diaphragma sellae

Periosteal vs. meningeal

Arteries: (N 139,140,171)

Vertebral

Anterior & posterior spinal

Posterior inferior cerebellar
Basilar

Anterior inferior cerebellar

Superior cerebellar

Posterior cerebral
Internal carotid

Middle cerebral

Anterior cerebral

Anterior communicating

Posterior communicating
Arterial circle of Willis

Veins:

Dural venous sinuses

Superior sagittal (N 99 ,101,102)
     Lacunae (N 99)

     Superior cerebral vv. (N 100,101)

Inferior sagittal (N 102)

Great cerebral v. (N 102,103)

Sinus rectus (straight sinus) (N 102 ,103)

Occipital (N 102)

Confluens of sinuses (N 102 ,103)

Transverse (N 102,103)

     Inferior cerebral vv. (N 101)

Superior petrosal (N 102, 103)

Sigmoid (N 102 ,103)

Inferior petrosal (N 102)

Cavernous (N 103)

     Middle cerebral vv. (N 103)
Emmisary vv. (N 99,101)

Clinical Terms:

Epidural/extradural hematoma
Meningitis
Encephalitis
Space occupying lesion
Subdural hemorrhage
Stroke
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
CSF rhinorrhea
CSF otorrhea
Hydrocephaly