This article will describe the anatomical structures which can be seen from a superior view of the skull base this will include the various foramina the nerves and arteries that pass through them but also the structures of the brain and cerebellum which all lie within the three main parts of the skull base called cranial fossae.
Floor of cranium superior view labeled.
Skull diagram superior view of floor of cranium with labels axial skeleton visual atlas page 25 this is page 25 of a photographic atlas i created as a laboratory study resource for my biol 121 anatomy and physiology i students on the bones and bony landmarks of the axial skeleton.
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The cranium skull is the skeletal structure of the head that supports the face and protects the brain it is subdivided into the facial bones and the brain case or cranial vault figure 1 the facial bones underlie the facial structures form the nasal cavity enclose the eyeballs and support the teeth of the upper and lower jaws.
The cranium skull is the skeletal structure of the head that supports the face and protects the brain.
This view may expose some daunting anatomy but it is not.