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Neurocranium

Neurocranium (note: diagram uses the term "cranial bones" in the more narrow sense.)

Base of skull
Gray's	subject #30 128

The neurocranium is the upper portion of the skull.

It includes the following bones:

The term "cranium" can be ambiguous, in that it can refer to the neurocranium, or the neurocranium and the Facial skeleton.

v • d • e Bones of head and neck: compound structures of skull (TA A02.1.00.002-052, GA 2.178-199)

Neurocranium	Calvaria (Diploë) Asterion · Pterion · Stephanion · Bregma · Lambda Fossae: anterior cranial fossa · middle cranial fossa · posterior cranial fossa · cranial cavity Base of skull Fontanelles: anterior · posterior · sphenoidal · mastoid

Facial skeleton	Nasion · Gonion

Both	dacryon · zygomatic arch · temporal fossa · infratemporal fossa · pterygomaxillary fissure · pterygopalatine fossa Orbit: Foramina (inferior orbital fissure)

Squama	external (Inion/External occipital protuberance, Nuchal lines) · planes (Occipital, Nuchal) · internal (Cruciform eminence, Internal occipital protuberance, Sagittal sulcus, Internal occipital crest)

Lateral parts	Condyle (Condyloid fossa, Condylar canal) · Hypoglossal canal · jugular (Jugular process, Jugular tubercle)

Basilar part	Pharyngeal tubercle

Other	Foramen magnum (Basion, Opisthion)

Squama	Frontal suture · Frontal eminence · external (Superciliary arches, Glabella) · foramina (Supraorbital, Cecum) · Zygomatic process · internal (Sagittal sulcus, Frontal crest)

Orbital part	Ethmoidal notch · Lacrimal fossa · Trochlear fovea · Frontal sinus · Frontonasal duct

Squama	Articular tubercle · Suprameatal triangle · Mandibular fossa · Petrotympanic fissure · Zygomatic process

Mastoid part	Mastoid foramen · Mastoid process (Mastoid cells) · Mastoid notch · Occipital groove · Sigmoid sulcus · Mastoid antrum (Aditus)

Petrous part	Carotid canal · Facial canal (Hiatus) · Internal auditory meatus · Cochlear aqueduct · Stylomastoid foramen fossae (Subarcuate fossa, Jugular fossa) · canaliculi (Inferior tympanic, Mastoid) · Styloid process · Petrosquamous suture (note: ossicles in petrous part, but not part of temporal bone)

Tympanic part	Suprameatal spine

Surfaces	Superior surface: Sella turcica (Dorsum sellae, Tuberculum sellae, Hypophysial fossa, Posterior clinoid processes) · Ethmoidal spine · Chiasmatic groove · Middle clinoid process · Petrosal process · Clivus Lateral surface: Carotid groove · Sphenoidal lingula Anterior surface: Sphenoidal sinuses

Great wings	foramina (Rotundum, Ovale, Vesalii, Spinosum) · Spine · Infratemporal crest · Sulcus for auditory tube

Small wings	Superior orbital fissure · Anterior clinoid process · Optic canal

Pterygoid processes	fossae (Pterygoid, Scaphoid) · pterygoid plates (Lateral, Medial) · Pterygoid canal · Hamulus

Other	Body · Sphenoidal conchae

Plates	Cribriform plate (Crista galli, Olfactory foramina) · Perpendicular plate

Surfaces	Lateral surface Orbital lamina · Uncinate process Medial surface Superior nasal concha · Superior meatus · Middle nasal concha · Middle meatus

Labyrinth	Ethmoid sinus · ethmoidal foramina (Posterior, Anterior)

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