In The Name Of Alaah .

Todays lecture is about the skull:

The Skull is an easy subject and its made of several bones , as usual
we always have a classification to make things easier.
The Skull is traditionally studying of the following words >> we look at
it from frontal view then we see some bones and we dont see the
others .
some parts of the skull we study it from lateral view, posterior view ,
inferior view and so on.
Skull is defined into two parts>

skull
Cranial
bone

Frontal
bone

parietal
bone

Occipital
bone

Facial
bone

Temporal
bone

Sphenoid
bone

The part we discovering with the brain is the cranial part.

What are the bones that make the cranial part?
1-Frontal bone >
why we call it frontal bone ?
because it is in the front.
Theres a sutures that make the joint between two bones .
Sutures :The process of joining two surfaces or edges together along
aline

Ethmoid
bone

2-lateral bone >

briefly bone that surrounding the brain.
3-occipital bone.
4- temporal bone.
5- sphenoid bone.
6- ethmoid bone.
*These are cranial bones , we will study each of them in details .
The second part of the skull is the face >
so there are facial bone and there are cranial bone .
You as a dentist have to have a good knowledge about the
skull
Note:
mandible is not a part of the skull , it is a separate one articulate with
the temporal bone .
The doctor used a mind map and he said that it is one of the easiest
way to study anatomy.
Temporal bone > we call it temporal because when somebody
become older the most white hair grow there .

From WiKi :
temporal bone either of the two irregular bones forming part of the
lateral surfaces and base of the skull, and containing the organs of
hearing. It is divided anatomically into four parts: the mastoid, petrous,
squamous, and tympanic parts

- at frontal view you dont see any part of parietal bone but if you look
at the back of the skull you will see the two parietal bone .
*Cranial vault :
1- sagital sutures : articulates the two parietal bones.
2- coronal sutures :articulates the frontal bone with the two parietal
bones.
3- lambdiod sutures :articulates the two parietal bones with the
occipital bone.

Parietal bones :
form the sides and the roof of the cranium and as we said that they
articulate with each other in the mid line at the sagittal suture and
they articulate with the occipital bone behind, at the lambdoid
suture.
* lambda: is an intersection of sagittal and lambdoid sutures.

-Why parietal bone is simple?

Because when you look at it you will not see any process or foramen.
- Coronal suture lies in the coronal section and it is located between
parietal bone and frontal bone and it is articulate with the greater wing
of sphenoid bone.
**When we look >
- anteriority > we will not able to see the parietal bones only we can
see the frontal bone.
- superiorly > frontal and parietal bones and a very little part of the
temporal bone

- laterally > parietal bones.

-Inferiorly > temporal bones.
*Note :- You will find two lines in the temporal bones we call it temporal lines
>
the lower one is inferior temporal line which begin as a single from the
posterior margin of the zygmotic process of the frontal bone.
These lines give the origin to attach the muscles to the coronoid
process of mandible and it is called temporalis.
So : The over view of the parietal bone > it is large and quadrangular
in shape that has 4 sites, and it forms greater part of the skull (sides
and roof of the cranial cavity).
Pariatal bones articulate with 5 bones one of them is the frontal bone
by a sagittal sutures.
What are the surface features of the parietal bone?
External and internal surfaces.
Quadrangular has an external surface ( convex) and internal surface.
And it has a superior and inferior temporal lines > these temporal lines
receive the origin of the temporal muscles which is the muscles of
mastications.
In the internal surface of the parietal bone ( which is concave) there is
a depressions and elevations.

The frontal bone:

- when we look at the frontal bone we will not able to see all the parts
so the frontal bone , so to be able to see all the parts you must look at
different parts of the skull.
- There is a foramen in the frontal bone called :orbit.

From Wikipedia
encyclopedia
The orbits are conical or four-sided pyramidal cavities, which open into
the midline of the face and point back into the head. Each consists of a
base, an apex and four walls. They are intended to protect the eye
from mechanical injury.[4]
The base, which opens in the face, has four borders. The following
bones take part in their formation:
1. Superior margin: frontal bone
2. Inferior margin: maxilla and zygomatic
3. Medial margin: frontal, lacrimal and maxilla
4. Lateral margin: zygomatic and frontal
The apex lies near the medial end of superior orbital fissure and
contains the optic canal which communicates with middle cranial
fossa.
The roof (superior wall) is formed by the orbital plate frontal bone and
the lesser wing of sphenoid. The orbital surface presents medially by
trochlear fovea and laterally by lacrimal fossa
The floor (inferior wall) is formed by the orbital surface of maxilla, the
orbital surface of zygomatic bone and the orbital process of palatine
bone. Medially near the orbital margin is located the groove
for nasolacrimal duct. Near the middle of the floor, located infraorbital
groove, which leads to the infraorbital foramen. The floor is separated
from the lateral wall by inferior orbital fissure, which connects the orbit
topterygopalatine and infratemporal fossa.
The medial wall is formed by the frontal process of maxilla, lacrimal
bone, orbital plate of ethmoid and a small part of the body of the
sphenoid.

From the book:

- The lateral wall is the thickest wall of the orbit and the thinnest part
of it is where the anterioinferior corner of the parietal bone articulates
with the greater wing of the sphenoid : this point is referred to as the
pterion

- The frontal bone have a process ( bony projection or sth protruding

out of the bones) this process goes towards maxilla and forms
maxillary process of the frontal bone.
If you look a little bit more in details and see the frontal bone its also
making the roof of the orbit and this is what we are going to see in the
skull:
- supraorbital margin.
- supraorbital notch or foramen.
- the roof of the orbit.
- Again when you look laterally you can see that there is a frontal bone
articulating with the parietal bone by coronary suture, anteriorly you
can see that the frontal bone articulates with zygomatic bone that
make side of the face and the suture between them is called
zygomaticfrontal suture and you can feel it ..
But we still have another parts of frontal bone and we need to look to
the cranial view to see it . there is a part of the frontal bone goes inside
to make the roof above our eyes and a floor of the interior cranial
fossa .
Interior cranial fossa is a depression in the floor of the cranial
vault which houses the projecting frontal lobes ( from
wikipidia )

So this part will make the roof of the orbit and there for we will call it
orbital plate of frontal bone ..
Also as the frontal bone comes down from ( sorry I can`t hear ) it
becomes thick and there is a cavity .
That will open to the nose and this is one of paranasal sinuses
Paranasal sinuses are a group of four paired air-filled
spaces that surround the nasal cavity (maxillary sinuses),
above and between the eyes (ethmoid sinuses and frontal
sinuses), and behind the ethmoids (sphenoid sinuses)
And now lets see the mind map of frontal bone

Note in the figure :

* sguama mean thin
* roof of the orbit is also the floor of interior cranial fossa

the sphenoid bone

it is a central bone that is very important and if it become destroyed
the skull will become weak and useless
it is like the butterfly .. why? because it has body , wings and legs
NOW lets start from the center
* There is a depression ( fosaa ) that is called a pituitary fossa
( because the pituitary gland is there )
* also there are two elevations just like a horse saddle
there for this depression is called sellae turse ( also pituitary fossa )
NOW let`s see the wings
* it has 2 wings one lesser and the another is greater wing
1- the lesser wings ( 2 in number ) in its root there is a foramen (
the optic nerve enter from it so we call it optic foramen )
this lesser wings articulate with frontal bone
2- 2 greater wings that join the body
There is an area between lesser and greater wings , this area opens
into the orbit there for its called superior orbital fissure
Greater wind has 3 foramen :
1- foramen rotandum maxillary nerve is going through this
foramen ,its gonna supply skin , upper teeth and a part of the nose
2- at the back there is an oval foramen called foreman ovale
mandibular nerve comes down to supply the lower teeth ..
3- posterior and lateral there is foramen spinosum
why spinosum ??? because in the last part of the greater wing ( basal
part ) there is a spine middle meningeal artery goes through it

NOW let`s see the greater wing from below ( basal view)
(note : we can`t see the lesser wing from below )
There is a spine that is called spine of sphenoid .. there is a ligament
from this spine to the mandible called sphenomandibular ligament
( I can`t hear)
We must also see the sphenoid from sagittal view
AND from the sagittal view we can see that :
* The body of the sphenoid is not solid it has sinuses that are called
sphenoid air sinuses ..
Sphenoid air sinuses (They are lined with mucous membrane
and communicate with the nasal cavity , ther serve as voise
resonater) ( from the book )
NOW let`s move to the legs of the sphenoid bone ( we are still in the
sagittal view )
* The two legs are called pteregoid process
- They give attachment to two heads of medial pteregoid muscle
- The legs are 2 plates lateral one and medial one

We have :

lateral pteregoid muscle ( two parts) . One of them are

attached to pteregoid process
medial pteregoid muscle ( two parts) both of them are
attached to pteregoid process

NOW let`s go to the mind map and this will be the final part of our
lecture

Forgive us if u find any mistake and good luck in you new semester
Done by :
SONDOS MAJDI
WEAM AL RAHAMNEH