1Graduate Student, Department of Human Anatomy, Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India
2Professor and head, Department of Human Anatomy, Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India
3Reader, Department of Pedodontics, Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India
*Corresponding Author: Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Department of Pedodontics, Saveetha Dental College & Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Chennai, India
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
Foramen spinosum is an important opening on the infratemporal surface of the greater wing of sphenoid bone and lies posterior to the foramen ovale. It transmits the middle menengial vessels and nervous spinosum. It can be identified both from the interior and exterior of the skull base.
To Understand the anatomy and Morphometry of the foramen spinosum in different skulls of South Indian population and to determine the exact range of measurement, the variations, asymmetry and inequality of size seen in foramen spinosum
Thirty dry skulls were examined for the foramen spinosum in the middle cranial fossa and at the extra cranial view at the skull base. The type of foramen spinosum will be classified according to its shape. The data were recorded and tabulated.
The mean length of foramen spinosum was 2.534+0.610mm and the mean width was 2.36±0.57mm.
The study showed variations in the size and shape and irregularity affecting the margins of the foramen spinosum.
Foramen Spinosum, Middle Cranial Fossa, Middle Menengial Artery
