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NORMA LATERALIS
? The skull is viewed from the sides.
? It is demarcated from other views by the temporal lines.
? Bones viewed in Norma lateralis:
? Frontal bone
? Parietal bone
? Sphenoid: a) Greater wing b) Lateral pterygoid plate
? Temporal bone: a) Squamous part b) Styloid process c) Mastoid part
? Zygomatic bone
? Maxilla
? Occipital bone
? Nasal bone

NORMA LATERALIS

? Important structures to be identified are:
1. Temporal lines

11.Mastoid foramen

2. Supra mastoid crest

12.Temporal fossa

3. Zygomatic arch

13.Styloid process

4. External auditory meatus 14.Infra temporal fossa

5. Squamo-tympanic suture 15.Pterygopalatine fossa

6. Supra meatal spine

16.Sphenopalatine foramen

7. Supra meatal triangle

17.Greater palatine canal

8. Parieto-mastoid suture

9. Occipito-mastoid suture

10.Mastoid process

NORMA LATERALIS

TEMPORAL FOSSA:
? Depressed area below the temporal lines.
? Boundaries:
?Anteriorly:

i. Temporal surface of zygomatic process of frontal.

ii. Frontal process of zygomatic.

iii. Greater wing of sphenoid.
?Posteriorly:

i. Posterior part of superior temporal line.

ii. Supra mastoid crest.
?Superiorly: superior temporal line.
?Inferiorly:

i. Laterally: zygomatic arch.

ii. Medially: infratemporal crest.
?Floor gives origin to temporalis muscle.

NORMA LATERALIS

TEMPORAL FOSSA
? Contents:
1. Temporalis muscle

with its fascia.

2. Two deep temporal

nerves.

3. Temporal branches

of maxillary artery.

4. Zygomatico-

temporal nerves.
NORMA LATERALIS
INFRA TEMPORAL FOSSA
? Irregular space situated behind the maxilla and below the zygomatic arch.
? Boundaries:
?Medially:
i. Lateral pterygoid plate.
ii. Pyramidal process of palatine bone
?Anteriorly:
i. Posterior surface of maxilla.
ii. Medial surface of zygomatic bone.
?Roof:
i. Infra temporal surface of greater wing to sphenoid.
ii. Squamous part of temporal bone.

NORMA LATERALIS

INFRA TEMPORAL FOSSA:
?Above it communicates with temporal fossa.
?It is open on its posterior, lateral and inferior aspects.
?Laterally ramus of mandible forms its boundary.
?Anterior and medial walls are separated in the upper

part by pterygomaxillary fissure, while they meet below.

?Through pterygomaxillary fissure, this fossa

communicates with the pterygopalatine fossa.


NORMA LATERALIS

INFRA TEMPORAL FOSSA:
? Contents:

1. Muscles:

a) Lateral pterygoid

b) Medial pterygoid

2. Nerves:

a) Mandibular and its branches

b) Corda tympani

c) Maxillary

3. Vessels:

a) Maxillary artery and its branches

b) Middle meningeal artery

c) Maxillary vein.

d) Pterygoid plexus of veins.
NORMA LATERALIS

PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA:
? Small pyramidal space lying below the apex of the orbit.
? Boundaries:
?Anteriorly: supero-medial part of posterior surface of maxilla.
?Posteriorly: root of pterygoid process and adjoining part of greater wing of

sphenoid.

?Medially: upper part of lateral surface of perpendicular plate of palatine bone

with its orbital and sphenoidal process.

?Roof: formed by under surface of body of sphenoid.
?Floor: formed by meeting of anterior and posterior walls.
?Laterally: It communicates with the infra temporal fossa through

pterygomaxillary fissure.

NORMA LATERALIS
PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA:
? Communications:
?5 Openings and 2 fissures in this fossa.
?3 openings in the posterior wall. They are:
1. Foramen rotendum
2. Pterygoid canal
3. Palato-vaginal canal
?On the medial wall is the opening of spheno-platine foramen.
? Greater palatine foramen opens at the place where anterior and posterior walls

meet.

?Fissures are: pterygomaxillary fissure and inferior orbital fissure.

NORMA LATERALIS
PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA:
? The fossa communicates with:
1. Infra temporal fossa through pterygomaxillary fissure.
2. Orbital cavity through inferior orbital fissure.
3. Middle cranial fossa through foramen rotendum.
4. Roof of nasal cavity and pharynx through palate-vaginal canal.
5. Nasal cavity through sphenopalatine foramen.
6. Roof of oral cavity through greater palatine foramen.

NORMA LATERALIS

PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA:
?Contents:

1. Maxillary artery and its branches.

2. Maxillary nerve in its course to the orbit. The

nerve enters the fossa through foramen rotendum.

3. Pterygopalatine/sphenopalatine ganglion with its

branches ( orbital, palatine, nasal and pharyngeal)

4. Pterygoid nerve.


NORMA OCCIPITALIS
NORMA OCCIPITALIS
?Norma occipitalis is convex upwards and on each

side, and is flattened below.

?Bones seen are:
1. Posterior part of parietal bones, above.
2. Upper part of squamous par of the occipital bone

below.

3. Mastoid part of the temporal bone, on each side.
NORMA OCCIPITALIS
?Sutures seen are:
1. LAMBDOID SUTURE: between the occipital and two

parietal bones.

2. OCCIPITO MASTOID SUTURE: between the occipital

and mastoid part of temporal bone.

3. PARIETOMASTOID SUTURE: between the parietal bone

and mastoid part of temporal bone.

4. SAGITTAL SUTURE: the posterior part is also seen.



NORMA OCCIPITALIS
EXTERNAL OCCIPITAL

PROTUBERANCE:
? Is a median prominence

in the lower part of this

norma.

? It marks the junction of

the head and the neck.

? The most prominent

point on this

protuberance is called

the inion.


NORMA OCCIPITALIS
SUPERIOR NUCHAL

LINES:
? Are curved bony

ridges passing

laterally from the

protuberance.

?These also mark

the junction of the

head and the neck.


NORMA OCCIPITALIS
HIGHEST NUCHAL LINES:

? Are not always present.

? They are curved bony

ridges situated 1 cm

above the superior

nuchal lines.

? They begin from the

upper part of the

external occipital

protuberance.

? Are more arched than

the superior nuchal lines.
NORMA OCCIPITALIS
OCCIPITAL POINT:
?It is a median

point a little

above the inion.

?It is the point

farthest from the

glabella.


NORMA OCCIPITALIS
THE MASTOID FORAMEN:
? Located on the mastoid

part of temporal bone at

or near the

occipitomastoid suture.

? Internally, it opens at the

sigmoid sulcus.

? The mastoid foramen

transmits an emissary

vein and the meningeal

branch of occipital artery.
NORMA OCCIPITALIS
ATTACHMENTS:
1. External occipital protuberance:
a) Upper part gives origin to the trapezius
b) Lower part gives attachment to upper end of the ligamentum nuchae.
2. Superior nuchal lines:
a) Medial 1/3- gives origin to trapezius.
b) Lateral part provides insertion to sternocleidomastoid above and splenius

capitis below.

3. Highest nuchal lines: (if present)
a) Provides attachment to epicranial aponeurosis medially.
b) Gives origin to occipitalis or occipital belly of occipitofrontalis muscle laterally.
* In case the highest nuchal lines are absent, these structures are attached to the

superior nuchal lines.


NORMA OCCIPITALIS


Epicranial aponeurosis

Occipital belly of occipitofrontalis

muscle.

This post was last modified on 30 November 2021