Posted by ML on October 06, 2011 at 15:46:24:
1. Identify the bony features of the superior aspect of the calvaria (including sutures, lamina, bones, inprints of sinuses, arteries, and arachnoid granulations)
2. Identify the bony features of the inferior aspect of the calvaria
3. Describe the relationship of the ethmoid bone with CN I
4. Identify the relationship between the superior orbital fissure and the lesser wing of the sphenoid bone
5. Identify the relationship of the petrous part of the temporal nerve with the ossicles of the ear
6. Define dural venous sinuses and the layers between which they are formed
7. Identify the communications of the following sinuses (try to develop a “map” of dural venous sinus drainage): superior sagittal sinus, inferior sagittal sinus, straight sinus, confluence of sinuses, transverse sinus, cavernous sinus, sigmoid sinus, internal jugular vein, sphenoidal sinuses, superior and inferior petrosal sinuses, anterior and posterior intercavernous sinus, basilar plexus (internal vertebral fossa), marginal sinus, occipital sinus,
8. Describe all venous communications with the cavernous sinus
9. Identify the venous drainage pathway of emissary veins (including the mastoid emissary vein)
10. Define the term “dural reflections”
11. Identify the following dural reflections and their anatomical relationships with the dural venous sinuses: Falx cerebri, tentorium cerebelli, falx cerebelli, and the diagphragma sella
12. Identify the location of name change from the transverse sinus to the sigmoid sinus
13. Identify the anatomical boundaries and contents of the cavernous sinus (include bones and dural reflections)
14. Define the boundaries of the anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossa and identify structures and foramena associated with each region (bony, vasculature, and nervous)
15. Identify occupant of foramen lacerum