Internal Cranial Floor View

It forms the lateral wall of the middle cranial fossa and a small part of the posterior cranial fossa.
Internal cranial floor view. This is an online quiz called internal view of cranial floor. If you were able to separate the cranial bones from the facial bones and first cervical vertebra and pull it away from the brain you would be able to view the internal surfaces of the cranial vault and skull base. This bone has a very small role in the floor of the cranial vault. The sphenoid bone is a butterfly shaped cranial bone that is located in the middle of the skull between the frontal and temporal bones.
Frontal sinus outlined in orange. It is composed of the endocranium and the lower parts of the skull roof. Skull cranial floor bone markings part 2 temporal bone. The base of skull also known as the cranial base or the cranial floor is the most inferior area of the skull.
Inside the skull the floor of the cranial cavity is subdivided into three cranial fossae spaces which increase in depth from anterior to posterior see figure 4 figure 6b and figure 9. Since the brain occupies these areas the shape of each conforms to the shape of the brain regions that it contains. Inside the skull the floor of the cranial cavity is subdivided into three cranial fossae spaces which increase in depth from anterior to posterior see figure 4 figure 6b and figure 9. There is a printable worksheet available for download here so you can take the quiz with pen and paper.
Since the brain occupies these areas the shape of each conforms to the shape of the brain regions that it contains.