Skull


Skull, a-p X-ray



  1. Sagittal suture
  2. Lambdoid suture
  3. Supra-orbital margin
  4. Lesser wing of sphenoid bone
  5. Hypophysial fossa
  6. Crista pyramidis (upper edge of petrous bone)
  7. Head of mandible
  8. Atlanto-occipital joint
  9. Lateral atlanto-axial joint
  10. Squama occipitalis
  11. Granular foveola
  12. Frontal sinus
  13. Jugum sphenoidale
  14. Innominate line (radiology term) (tangential view of greater wing of sphenoid bone)
  15. Superior orbital fissure
  16. Ethmoidal air cells
  17. Maxillary sinus
  18. Inferior nasal concha
  19. Nasal septum
  20. Dens axis
cmp21-fig-5317

Skull, lateral X-ray



  1. Coronal suture
  2. Frontal bone
  3. Outer table of calvaria
  4. Diploë
  5. Inner table of calvaria
  6. Frontal sinus
  7. Cribriform plate
  8. Nasal bone
  9. Ethmoidal air cells
  10. Zygomatic process of maxilla
  11. Maxillary sinus
  12. Anterior nasal spine
  13. Hard palate
  14. Uvula
  15. Mental protuberance
  16. Angle of mandible
  17. Parietal bone
  18. Orbital plates of frontal bone
  19. Greater wings of sphenoid bone
  20. Jugum sphenoidale
  21. Hypophysial fossa
  22. Dorsum sellae
  23. Sphenoidal sinus
  24. Lambdoid suture
  25. Occipitomastoid suture
  26. Squamous part of occipital bone
  27. Mastoid air cells
  28. External acoustic meatus
  29. Clivus
  30. Mandibular neck
  31. Anterior arch of atlas
cmp21-fig-5318

Skull, X-ray, Towne’s projection



  1. Sagittal suture
  2. Parietal bone
  3. Lambdoid suture
  4. Squamous part of occipital bone
  5. Pineal gland (calcified)
  6. Petrous part of temporal bone
  7. Mastoid process
  8. Nasal septum
  9. Squamosal suture
  10. Occipitomastoid suture
  11. Foramen magnum
  12. Sphenoidal sinus
  13. Mandibular neck
cmp21-fig-5319

Skull, lateral X-ray, old age



  1. Granular foveolae
  2. Grooves for branches of middle meningeal artery
  3. Diploic veins
  4. Pineal gland (calcified)
  5. Lambdoid suture
  6. Internal occipital protuberance
  7. Air cells in temporal bone
cmp21-fig-5320

Skull, a-p, tilted X-ray, child 5 months



  1. Interparietal bone (Inca bone)
  2. Anterior fontanelle
  3. Lambdoid suture
  4. Sagittal suture
  5. Mastoid fontanelle
  6. Sutural (Wormian) bones in lambdoid suture
  7. Coronal suture
cmp21-fig-5321

Skull, lateral X-ray, child 5 months



  1. Anterior fontanelle
  2. Coronal suture
  3. Frontal bone
  4. Pterion (sphenoidal fontanelle)
  5. Greater wing of sphenoid bone
  6. Deciduous teeth
  7. Anterior arch of atlas
  8. Dens axis
  9. Parietal bone
  10. Squamosal sutures
  11. Mastoid fontanelles
  12. Lambdoid suture
  13. Sutural bone
  14. Occipitomastoid suture
  15. Posterior arch of atlas
cmp21-fig-5322

Skull, lateral and posterior view, 99m Tc-MDP, scintigraphy



  1. Calvaria
  2. Base of skull
  3. Facial skeleton
  4. Alveolar process of maxilla and alveolar part of mandible
  5. Hyoid bone
  6. Coracoid process
  7. Clavicle
  8. Transverse and sigmoid sinus
  9. Cervical vertebra
  10. Superior angle of scapula
  11. Acromion
  12. Thoracic vertebra
cmp21-fig-5323

Base of skull, axial CT



  1. Nasal spine of frontal bone
  2. Eyeball
  3. Frontal process of zygomatic bone
  4. Ethmoidal air cells
  5. Temporal fossa
  6. Greater wing of sphenoid bone
  7. Sphenoidal sinus
  8. Zygomatic process of temporal bone
  9. Head of mandible
  10. Carotid canal, first part
  11. Jugular foramen, posterior to intrajugular process
  12. Posterior border of jugular foramen
  13. Sigmoid sinus
  14. Lateral part of occipital bone
  15. Hypoglossal canal
  16. Foramen magnum
  17. Nasal septum
  18. Nasal cavity
  19. Body of sphenoid bone
  20. Foramen lacerum
  21. Foramen ovale
  22. Foramen spinosum
  23. Sphenopetrous fissure/ Eustachian tube
  24. Carotid canal, second part
  25. Air cells in temporal bone
  26. Apex of petrous bone
  27. Petro-occipital fissure
cmp21-fig-5324

Scout view of skull

Lines #1–11 indicate position of sections in the following axial CT series displayed in bone settings. The corresponding series in brain settings is found on pages 245–7. This skull is highly pneumatized.
cmp21-fig-5325

Skull, axial CT

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