Supplemental Dissection Video Slides

Osteology

• Calvaria

• Basicranium

• Anterior cranial fossa

  • Frontal bone

  • Ethmoid bone

    • Crista galli

    • Cribriform foramina

  • Sphenoid bone

    • Lesser wing

    • Optic canal (for CN II & ophthalmic a.)

• Middle cranial fossa

  • Sphenoid bone

    • Superior orbital fissure (for CN III, IV, ophthalmic division - V1, VI)

    • Hypophysial fossa

    • Greater wing

      • Foramen rotundum (for CN V: maxillary division - V2)

      • Foramen ovale (for CN V: mandibular division - V3)

      • Foramen spinosum (for middle meningeal a.)

• Cranial base

  • Jugular foramen (for CNs IX, X, XI)

• Posterior cranial fossa

  • Temporal bone

    • Petrous part

    • Carotid canal

    • Internal acoustic meatus (for CN VII & VIII)

  • Occipital bone

    • Foramen magnum

    • Hypoglossal canal (for CN XII)

Meninges

• Pia mater

• Arachnoid mater

  • Arachnoid trabeculae

  • Subarachnoid space

  • Arachnoid granulations

• Dura mater

  • Falx cerebri

  • Tentorium cerebelli

    • Tentorial notch

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)

Venous Sinuses

• Dural venous sinuses

  • Superior sagittal sinus

  • Inferior sagittal sinus

  • Confluence of sinuses

  • Transverse sinus

  • Sigmoid sinus

  • Cavernous sinus

Brain

• Hypophysis (pituitary gland)

• Cerebrum

  • Lobes

    • Frontal

    • Temporal

    • Parietal

    • Occipital

  • Longitudinal cerebral fissure

• Cerebellum

• Midbrain

• Pons

• Medulla oblongata

• Ventricles

  • Lateral ventricles

  • Interventricular foramina

  • Third ventricle

  • Cerebral aqueduct

  • Central canal