The cranial cavity, also known as intracranial space, is the space within the skull that accommodates the brain. The skull minus the mandible is called...

abdominal cavity, and houses the organs of reproduction. The dorsal body cavity contains the cranial cavity, and the spinal cavity. The cranial cavity is a...

structures, bringing the outside environment into contact with the cranial cavity is called a compound fracture. Compound fractures can either be clean...

The posterior cranial fossa is the part of the cranial cavity located between the foramen magnum, and tentorium cerebelli. It is formed by the sphenoid...

The skull is a bone protective cavity for the brain. The skull is composed of three types of bone: cranial bones, facial bones, and ear ossicles. Two...

The dorsal body cavity is located along the dorsal (posterior) surface of the human body, where it is subdivided into the cranial cavity housing the brain...

A cranial fossa is formed by the floor of the cranial cavity. There are three distinct cranial fossae: Anterior cranial fossa (fossa cranii anterior)...

Pneumocephalus is the presence of air or gas within the cranial cavity. It is usually associated with disruption of the skull: after head and facial trauma...

the potential intelligence of the organism. Cranial capacity is often tested by filling the cranial cavity with glass beads and measuring their volume...

and hypophysial veins. This depends upon the area of the cranial cavity: in the anterior cranial fossa the anterior meningeal artery (branch from the ethmoidal...