Covers the underside of the skull, running from the upper incisors to the foramen magnum and divided into anterior palatal, middle sphenoidal-temporal and posterior occipital parts. For each region it lists the contributing bones, then the openings and processes, with the nerves and vessels passing through foramina such as the greater and lesser palatine, foramen ovale, foramen spinosum, carotid canal, jugular foramen and hypoglossal canals. It also notes the occipital condyles, the styloid process and the nuchal lines.
Topic 8 of 236 in the MU Pleven syllabus for Anatomy Bones and Muscles (Medicine, Year 2). The free AceMed note covers it in 5 sections, about 230 words (2 min of reading), with 13 flashcards.
In this note
EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE CRANIAL BASE
ANTERIOR PART (HARD PALATE REGION)
FEATURES
MIDDLE PART (SPHENOID + TEMPORAL BONE REGION)
POSTERIOR PART (OCCIPITAL REGION)
EXTERNAL SURFACE OF THE CRANIAL BASE
GENERAL : THE EXTERNAL (INFERIOR) SURFACE OF THE CRANIAL BASE IS THE UNDERSIDE OF THE SKULL , SEEN WHEN VIEWED FROM BELOW
IT EXTENDS FROM UPPER TEETH (INCISORS) → FORAMEN MAGNUM
