Anterior cranial fossa
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The anterior cranial fossa constitutes the floor of cranial vault which houses the frontal lobes of the brain.
Gross anatomy
Structures present in the midline of anterior cranial fossa from anterior to posterior are:
- groove for superior sagittal sinus
- groove for anterior meningeal vessels
- foramen caecum
- crista galli
-- provides attachment to falx cerebri
- can contain marrow hence can be T1 hyperintese on MR
- Latin for crest of a rooster
- slit and groove for nasociliary nerve
- anterior ethmoid foramen
- orifice for olfactory nerve
- posterior ethmoid foramen
- olfactory groove
Boundaries
- anterior - cribriform plate of ethmoid bone, orbital plate of frontal bone, lesser wings and body of sphenoid bone
- posterior - lesser wings of sphenoid bone
-<li>groove for superior sagittal sinus</li>- +<li>groove for <a title="Superior sagittal sinus" href="/articles/superior-sagittal-sinus">superior sagittal sinus</a>
- +</li>
-<li>crista galli - provides attachment to <a href="/articles/falx-cerebri">falx cerebri</a>- +<li>crista galli<ul>
- +<li>provides attachment to <a href="/articles/falx-cerebri">falx cerebri</a>
- +</li>
- +<li>can contain marrow hence can be T1 hyperintese on MR</li>
- +<li>Latin for crest of a rooster</li>
- +</ul>
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