Anatomy: Middle Cranial Fossa

What forms the boundary between the anterior and middle cranial fossae?

Which bone contributes to the elevation of the floor in the midline of the middle cranial fossa?

What does the sella turcica contain?

Which part of the sphenoid bone is uniquely modified and located posterior to the chiasmatic sulcus?

What do the lateral projections from the tuberculum sellae form?

Which part of the temporal bone contributes to the posterior boundaries of the middle cranial fossa?

What forms a distinct boundary between the lateral parts of the anterior and middle cranial fossae?

Where does each lesser wing of the sphenoid end laterally in relation to the greater wing of the sphenoid?

What serves as the anterior point of attachment for the tentorium cerebelli in the skull?

Through which opening in the lesser wing of the sphenoid does the ophthalmic artery and optic nerve pass as they exit the cranial cavity to enter the orbit?

Where is the sella turcica located in relation to the sphenoid bone?

What structure overhangs the anterior part of the middle cranial fossae and ends laterally at the junction of the frontal bone and greater wing of sphenoid?

What is the bony ridge at the top of the posterior wall of the sella turcica called?

Which of the following nerves does NOT pass through the superior orbital fissure?

What structure passes through the foramen rotundum?

Which fossa serves as a major passageway between the middle cranial fossa and the orbit?

Where are the greater wing and lesser wing of the sphenoid located in relation to each other?

Which structure allows passage between the extracranial infratemporal fossa and the middle cranial fossa?