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FOSSE CRANIENNE ANTERIEURE [1 record]

Record 1 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Bones and Joints
Universal entry(ies)
fossa cranii anterior
Latin
A02.1.00.048
classification system code, see observation
CONT

The inferior and anterior parts of the frontal lobes of the brain occupy the anterior cranial fossa, the shallowest of the three cranial fossae ... The fossa is formed by the frontal bone anteriorly, the ethmoid bone in the middle, and the body and lesser wings of the sphenoid posteriorly ...

OBS

anterior cranial fossa: designation derived from the Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.00.048: Terminologia Anatomica identifying number.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Os et articulations
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
fossa cranii anterior
Latin
A02.1.00.048
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Les parties antérieures et inférieures des lobes frontaux du cerveau occupent la fosse crânienne antérieure (étage antérieur de la base du crâne), la plus petite des trois fosses crâniennes [...] Elle est formée par l'os frontal en avant, l'os ethmoïde au centre, le corps et les petites ailes de l'os sphénoïde en arrière.

OBS

fosse crânienne antérieure : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

A02.1.00.048 : numéro d'identification de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Huesos y articulaciones
Entrada(s) universal(es)
fossa cranii anterior
Latin
A02.1.00.048
classification system code, see observation
DEF

Compartimento craneal que contiene las porciones anteriores e inferiores de los lóbulos frontales de los hemisferios cerebrales y que está formado principalmente por las partes orbitarias del hueso frontal y por las alas menores del hueso esfenoides.

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