Osteology

• Calvaria

• Frontal

  • Frontal sinus

• Anterior cranial fossa

  • Ethmoid bone

    • Crista galli

    • Cribriform foramina

  • Sphenoid bone

    • Lesser wing

    • Optic canal

• Middle cranial fossa

  • Sphenoid bone

    • Superior orbital fissure

    • Hypophysial fossa

    • Greater wing

      • Foramen rotundum

      • Foramen ovale

      • Foramen spinosum

• Cranial base

  • Jugular foramen

• Posterior cranial fossa

  • Temporal bone

    • Petrous part

    • Internal acoustic meatus

  • Occipital bone

    • Hypoglossal canal

    • Foramen magnum

• Parietal

  • Granular foveolae

  • Groove for middle meningeal a.

• Temporal

  • External opening for carotid canal

• Sutures

  • Coronal

  • Sagittal

  • Lambdoid

  • Squamous

Cranial meninges

• Pia mater

• Arachnoid mater

  • Subarachnoid space

  • Arachnoid granulations

• Dura mater

  • Periosteal dura

  • Meningeal dura

  • Dural partitions

    • Falx cerebri

    • Tentorium cerebelli

      • Tentorial notch

    • Falx cerebelli

Dural venous sinuses

• Superior sagittal sinus

• Inferior sagittal sinus

• Confluence of sinuses

• Transverse sinus

• Sigmoid sinus

• Cavernous sinus

Veins

• Internal jugular v.

Arteries

• Vertebral a.

  • Posterior inferior cerebellar a.

• Basilar a.

  • Anterior inferior cerebellar a.

  • Superior cerebellar a.

  • Posterior cerebral a.

• Internal carotid a.

  • Middle cerebral a.

  • Anterior cerebral a.

    • Anterior communicating a.

  • Posterior communicating a.

• Cerebral arterial circle (of Willis)

Brain and Cranial Nerves

• Hypophysis (pituitary gland)

• Cerebrum

  • Lobes

    • Frontal

    • Temporal

    • Parietal

    • Occipital

  • Longitudinal cerebral fissure

• Cerebellum

• Midbrain

• Pons

• Medulla oblongata

• Ventricles

  • Lateral ventricle

  • Third ventricle

  • Fourth ventricle

  • Interventricular foramen

  • Cerebral aqueduct

  • Central canal

• Cranial nn.

  • Olfactory n. (CN I)

  • Optic n. (CN II)

  • Oculomotor n. (CN III)

  • Trochlear n. (CN IV)

  • Trigeminal n. (CN V)

  • Abducens n. (CN VI)

  • Facial n. (CN VII)

  • Vestibulocochlear n. (CN VIII)

  • Glossopharyngeal n. (CN IX)

  • Vagus n. (CN X)

  • Accessory n. (CN XI)

  • Hypoglossal n. (CN XII)