Cranial Floor View

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Cranial floor view.

The brain case consists of eight bones. These include the paired parietal and temporal bones plus. The pituitary gland is about the size of a pea and is located in the sella turcica saddle shaped bony structure in the sphenoid bone. You can see this small indentation at the bottom of the neurocranium.

2005 regents of the university of minnesota. Trouble seeing the text. Your cranial bones are eight bones that make up your cranium or skull which supports your face and protects your brain. Skull cranial floor bone markings part 2 temporal bone.

The sphenoid bone is a butterfly shaped cranial bone that is located in the middle of the skull between the frontal and temporal bones. Frontal sinus outlined in orange. Frontal bone cranial view frontal sinus. This anterior cranial fossa forms the roof of the nasal cavity and the central part.

The picture also helps us to view the cranial vault in its natural position. From a superior view which i m now showing you again looking down at the skull you ve got the anterior cranial fossa which is this part. Central compartment of the skull base middle cranial fossa which contains the pituitary gland. Lesser wing of sphenoid bone.

Frontal bone cranial view frontal sinus. It has numerous foramina and harbours the pituitary gland. Or temporal squama pars squamosa. Cranial floor view of skull.

The sphenoid bone is found as part of the posterior part of the anterior cranial fossa as well as the middle cranial fossa. The base of the brain case which forms the floor of cranial cavity is subdivided into the shallow anterior cranial fossa the middle cranial fossa and the deep posterior cranial fossa. The sella turcica lies within the body of the sphenoid bone which has a wedgelike shape and looks like a key that slots into the floor of the skull. Inside the skull the floor of the cranial cavity is subdivided into three cranial fossae spaces which increase in depth from anterior to posterior see figure 4 figure 6b and figure 9.

The cranial floor is at a distinct angle starting at the level of the frontal sinus and continuing at an angle to include the small pocket that contains the cerebellum. Since the brain occupies these areas the shape of each conforms to the shape of the brain regions that it contains.