Address for Correspondence: Dr. Prerna Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Lucknow, U.P. India. Contact No: +919451793415, +919721504474. E-Mail: [email protected] 1 PG Student, Department of Anatomy, Integral Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Lucknow, U.P. India. *2 Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, I...

OBJECTIVE To describe the anatomy of the sphenopalatine foramen (SPF) region and possible anatomical variations. STUDY DESIGN Prospective study accomplished from September, 2006, to January, 2007. METHODS The sphenopalatine foramen (SPF) of 61 cadavers were carefully dissected. Presence of the ethmoidal crest, location of sphenopalatine and accessory foramens, and the number of arterial bra...

introduction: objective: this study aimed to assess the possible variations in root canal anatomy and topography of the apices of first and second maxillary molars. materials and methods: a total of 67 first and second maxillary permanent molars were collected. access cavity was prepared and 2% methylene blue was injected. the teeth were demineralized by 5% nitric acid and cleared with methyl s...

Address for Correspondence: Mr. P. Murali, Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, SRM University, Kattankulathur, Tamilnadu,India. E-Mail: [email protected] Background: The Greater Palatine Foramen is of great clinical significance, but the published descriptions about the position of this foramen in the adult human skulls have not been ...

INTRODUCTION The sphenoid sinus is an important structure in ventral skull base surgeries that is surrounded by several vital anatomical structures including the internal carotid arteries, optic nerve and cranial nerves inside the cavernous sinus. In addition, the foramen rotundum is a small canal deeply situated in the base of the skull, which represents the way for exit of the maxillary nerve...

The foramen ovale is a very circular looking hole that is located in the posterior part of the sphenoid bone, structures passing through it mandibular nerve, accessory meningeal artery, lasser petrosal nerve, emissary vein. The foramen ovale differs in shape and size, in present study we have studied about morphometric values of like mean length, width and area. The total 125(250 sides) skulls ...

The sacral plexus forms the sciatic nerve, which leaves the pelvis through the greater sciatic foramen. The anatomic boundaries of the greater sciatic foramen and the relation of the sacral plexus and sciatic nerve to the structures within are identified and described on axial computed tomography (CT). The piriform muscle, which passes through the center of the greater sciatic foramen, is a rec...

OBJECTIVE In patients with medically intractable partial epilepsy of mesiotemporal origin, video electroencephalographic monitoring with foramen ovale electrodes is necessary to plan neurosurgical interventions. Imaging of these electrodes after implantation hitherto required conventional radiography, magnetic resonance imaging, or computed tomography of the skull. These methods are expensive. ...

Visual inspection of a dry adult human skull revealed absence of a typical foramen ovale on the left side of the cranial base. The region of the foramen ovale was covered by an osseous lamina, which was continuous with the lateral pterygoid plate and thus formed a wall of an apparent canal, which opened on the lateral side of the pterygoid process. This canal is referred to as an oval canal (ca...