Cranial Cavity Question And Answers

Cranial Cavity Question And Answers

Enumerate dural venous sinus. Describe the cavernous sinus in detail. (or)
Classify dural venous sinuses. Describe in detail its position, contents, tributaries & applied aspect of cavernous sinus. (or)
Describe the relation, tributaries, position, contents & connections of cavernous sinus. Add a note on applied anatomy. (or) Cavernous sinus, its relations & tributaries
Answer:

Dural Venous Sinuses:

• These are venous spaces whose walls are formed by duramater
• There are 23 venous sinuses- 8 paired & 7 unpaired

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Cavernous Sinus:

Position:

It is situated in the middle cranial fossa on either side of the body of sphenoid bone

Boundaries:

• Floor- endosteal dura mater
• Lateral wall, roof & medial wall- meningeal dura mater

Extend:

• Anteriorly- upto medial end of superior orbital fissure
• Posteriorly- upto apex of petrous temporal bone

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Relations:

1. Structures outside the sinus:

1. Superiorly
   • Optic tract
   • Optic chiasma
   • Olfactory tract
   • Internal carotid artery
   • Anterior perforated substance
2. Inferiorly
   • Foramen lacerum
   • Junction between the body & greater wing of sphenoid
3. Medially
   • Hypophysis cerebri
   • Sphenoidal air sinus
4. Laterally
   • Temporal bone with uncus
5. Anteriorly
   • Superior orbital fissure
   • Apex of the orbit
6. Posteriorly
   • Apex of petrous temporal bone
   • Crus cerebri of the midbrain

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2. Structures in the lateral wall of the sinus:

3. Structures passing through the center of the sinus:

• Internal carotid artery with venous & sympathetic plexus
• Abducent nerve

Tributaries:

1. From the orbit

• Superior ophthalmic vein
• Branch of inferior ophthalmic vein
• Central vein of the retina

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2. From the brain

• Superficial middle cerebral vein
• Inferior cerebral veins from the temporal lobe

3. From the meninges

• Sphenoparietal sinus
• Frontal trunk of the middle meningeal vein

Communications:

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Applied Anatomy:

• Thrombosis of the cavernous sinus may be caused by sepsis in the dangerous area of the face, in nasal cavities & in the paranasal air sinuses
• The following symptoms occur.

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