NOTES - CRANIAL AND FACIAL BONES

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Cranium and Facial Bones
coronal suture
Parietal
bone supraorbital foramen
Glabella
Supracilliaryarch
Sphenoid
Bone Optic canal
8 bones of cranium :
orbit
sup .




sphenoid bone
fissure
( greater wing )
The parietal (2n)
Temporal strut • Frontal (1n)
Bone Optic • Ethmoid (1n)
1 • Sphenoid (1n)
• Occipital (1n)
• Temporal (2n)
the vault
cranium cavity
Base of the skull

Brain and lie
meninges in the
cavity .




Base of the cranium houses 3
fossae :




② Anterior cranial fossa / frontal)

② Middle cranial fossa ( temporal)
③ Posterior cranial fossa / infratentorialfossa)