pt1- superior view of internal skull+sinuses

List the bones which we can see from the superior view of the internal skull

• frontal

• ethmoid

• sphenoid

• temporal

• occipital

• parietal

List the openings viewed from the internal skull foramina from the superior view

• optic canal

• superior orbital fissure

• foramen ovale

• foramen spinosum

• foramen magnum

T/F: the cribriform plate is its own separate bone from the ethmoid bone

F

Paired, air-filled cavities in bone, which project laterally, superiorly, and posteriorly into surrounding bones

Paranasal sinuses

List the sinuses within the paranasal sinsuses

• frontal

• sphenoidal

• maxillary

How do the paranasal sinuses communicate with the nasal cavity?

Small ostia or openings in the lateral nasal wall

Which anatomical feature best explains how the frontal, sphenoidal, ethmoidal, and maxillary sinuses connect with the respiratory passage?

They communicate with the nasal cavity through small openings in its lateral wall.