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Concept
Base of skull
Summary
The base of skull, also known as the cranial base or the cranial floor, is the most inferior area of the skull. It is composed of the endocranium and the lower parts of the calvaria.
Structures found at the base of the skull are for example:
There are five bones that make up the base of the skull:
Ethmoid bone
Sphenoid bone
Occipital bone
Frontal bone
Temporal bone
Occipital sinus
Superior sagittal sinus
Superior petrosal sinus
Foramen cecum
Optic foramen
Foramen lacerum
Foramen rotundum
Foramen magnum
Foramen ovale
Jugular foramen
Internal auditory meatus
Mastoid foramen
Sphenoidal emissary foramen
Foramen spinosum
Frontoethmoidal suture
Sphenofrontal suture
Sphenopetrosal suture
Sphenoethmoidal suture
Petrosquamous suture
Sphenosquamosal suture
Sphenoidal lingula
Subarcuate fossa
Dorsum sellae
Jugular process
Petro-occipital fissure
Condylar canal
Jugular tubercle
Tuberculum sellae
Carotid groove
Fossa hypophyseos
Posterior clinoid processes
Sigmoid sulcus
Internal occipital protuberance
Internal occipital crest
Ethmoidal spine
Vestibular aqueduct
Chiasmatic groove
Middle clinoid process
Groove for sigmoid sinus
Trigeminal ganglion
Middle cranial fossa
Anterior cranial fossa
Middle meningeal artery
Cribriform plate
Posterior cranial fossa
Nasociliary nerve
Hypoglossal canal
File:Gray193.png |Base of the skull. Upper surface
File:Schädelbasis1.jpg|Base of skull
File:Base of skull 3.jpg|Base of skull - crista galli, cribriform plate and foramen cecum
File:Base of skull 11.jpg|Base of skull - sella turcica
File:Base of skull 24.
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