The anterior cranial fossa is a depression in the floor of the cranial base which houses the projecting frontal lobes of the brain. It is formed by the...

the anterior cranial fossa, is narrow medially and widens laterally to the sides of the skull. It is separated from the posterior cranial fossa by the...

floor of the posterior cranial fossa, its most conspicuous feature. Lies in the anterior wall of the posterior cranial fossa. It transmits the facial...

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

hypophyseal fossa (the depression in the sphenoid bone). Some examples include: In the skull: Cranial fossa Anterior cranial fossa Middle cranial fossa Interpeduncular...

Trigeminal ganglion Middle cranial fossa Anterior cranial fossa Middle meningeal artery Cribriform plate Posterior cranial fossa Nasociliary nerve Hypoglossal...

cavities, infratemporal fossa, orbit, pharynx, and middle cranial fossa through eight foramina. It has the following boundaries: anterior: superomedial part...

anterior and middle ethmoid air cells. Following which, it enters the anterior cranial fossa where it bifurcates into a meningeal branch and nasal branch.[citation...

skull base and its fossae, the anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossae changes rapidly. The anterior cranial fossa changes especially during the...

body. The human skull has numerous openings (foramina), through which cranial nerves, arteries, veins, and other structures pass. These foramina vary...