Anterior cranial fossa

The anterior cranial fossa (Latin, " anterior cranial fossa " ), called with animals rostral cranial fossa is a depression in the inner cavity of the skull. It is composed of the central ethmoid ( ethmoid bone ) and the laterally -scale temporal and frontal bone. The small wing of the sphenoid demarcates the front of the middle cranial fossa ( fossa media). The anterior cranial fossa contains juga cerebralia (surveys for brain furrows ) and Impressiones digitatae ( " finger-shaped impressions " of the convolutions of the brain ). In the middle of the pit, a bony crest, the crista galli ( cockscomb ), where the from the dura mater ( dura mater) attached to existing brain sickle ( falx cerebri) rises. The foramen cecum is closed in adults.

Skull passages

Ethmoid artery anterior and posterior

Middle meningeal artery anterior

Vena ethmoid anterior and posterior

Ethmoidal nerve, anterior and posterior