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Skull fossas

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Orbita (Orbit)	cranially: pars orbitalis o. frontalis (fovea trochlearis + spina trochlearis, incisura/foramen frontalis/supraorbitalis, fossa glandulae lacrimalis), ala minor o. sphenoidalis (fissura orbitalis sup.) medially: processus frontalis maxillae (fossa sacci lacrimalis), os lacrimale, lamina orbitalis o. ethmoidalis (foramina ethmoidalia ant. et post.), ala minor o. sphenoidalis laterally: facies orbitalis o. zygomatici (foramen zygomaticoorbitale), facies orbitalis alae majoris o. sphenoidalis caudally: facies orbitalis o. zygomatici, facies orbitalis corporis maxillae (sulcus et canalis infraorbitalis, fissura orbitalis inf.), processus orbitalis o. palatini entrance: Aditus orbitae apex: Apex orbitae (canalis opticus)	bulbus oculi (= eye ball) mm. bulbi - m. rectus sup., inf., med. et lat., m. obliquus sup. et inf., m. levator palpabrae superioris glandula lacrimalis, saccus lacrimalis n. opticus ganglion ciliare /parasympatihetic ganglion/ n. oculomorius, trochlearis, abducens n. ophthalmicus (= n.V/1) and its branches plexus ophthalmicus /nerve plexus around the artery/ a. ophthalmica and its branches v. ophthalmica sup. et inf. and their tributaries a. infraorbitalis (branch of a. maxillaris) v. infraorbitalis (tributary of plexus pterygoideus) n. infraorbitalis et zygomaticus (větve n.V/2) corpus adiposum orbitae m. orbitalis /closes lateral part of fissura orbitalis inferior/
Cavitas nasalis ossea (Bony nasal cavity)	cranially: ossa nasalia, pars nasalis o. frontalis, lamina cribrosa o. ethmoidalis, corpus o. sphenoidalis laterally: processus frontalis + facies nasalis maxillae, os lacrimale, labyrintus ethmoidalis, lamina perpendicularis o. palatini (foramen sphenopalatinum), lamina medialis processus pterygoidei o. sphenoidalis caudally: processus palatini maxillae /+os incisivum/ (canalis incisivus), lamina horizontalis o. palatini septum - pars ossea - lamina perpendicularis o. ethmoidalis, vomer entrance: Apertura piriformis exit: Choanae	conchae nasales (sup., media, inf.) divides the cavity in 5 spaces: meatus nasi superior – recessus sphenoethmoidalis (malá concha nasalis suprema), apertura sisus sphenoidalis meatus nasi medius – hiatus maxillaris (semilunaris) , infundibulum ethmoidale, ductus frontonasalis meatus nasi inferior – apertura ductus nasolacrimalis meatus nasi communis - (common parts without conchas close by the septum) meatus nasopharyngeus - (common parts behind conchas)
Fossa temporalis (Temporal fossa)	laterally: arcus zygomaticus /+fascia temporalis/ cranially: linea temporalis superior o. parietalis et frontalis ventrally: facies temporalis o. zygomatici (foramen zygomaticotemporale) caudally: crista infratemporalis alae majoris o. sphenoidalis medially: facies temporalis alae majoris o. sphenoidalis, squama o. temporalis, facies externa ossis parietalis et frontalis	pterion (punctum Sylvii) – 4 sutures meeting point (resp. os epiptericum) m. temporalis aa. temporales profundae et media r. zygomaticotemporalis n. zygomatici (z n.V/2), nn. temporales (z n. V/3) corpus adiposum buccae /Bichati/ - processus temporalis
Fossa infratemporalis (Infratemporal fossa)	cranially: facies infratemporalis o. sphenoidalis (foramen ovale, spinosum, petrosum, venosum), squama o. temporalis ventrally: tuber maxillae (foramina alveolaria) dorsally: passes to spatium prestyloideum medially: lamina lateralis processus pterygoidei o. sphenoidalis, processus pyramidalis o. palatini laterally: ramus mandibulae (foramen mandibulae) cranially: fissura orbitalis inferior, fissura pterygomaxillaris	m. temporalis, m. pterygoideus medialis et lateralis a. maxillaris + branches plexus pterygoideus /venous plexus/ ganglion oticum /Arnoldi/, n. mandibularis (n. V/3) + branches, chorda tympani (branch of n. facialis), n. petrosus minor (branch of n. glossopharyngeus) foramen mandibulae /laterally/– n. alveolaris inf (←n. V/3) + vasa alveolaria inf. corpus adiposum buccae /Bichati/
Fossa pterygopalatina (Pterygopalatine fossa)	cranially: facies maxillaris alae majoris o. sphenoidalis ventrally: facies infratemporalis maxillae (fissura orbitalis inferior, canales alveolares ) medially: lamina perpendicularis o. palatini (foramen sphenopalatinum) dorsally: processus pterygoideus (canalis pterygoideus) + facies maxillaris alae majoris o. sphenoidalis (foramen rotundum, canalis palatovaginalis) laterally: fissura pterygomaxillaris caudally: canalis palatinus major	ggl. pterygopalatinum /Meckeli/ (+ n. canalis pterygoidei) n. maxillaris + branches a. maxillaris + branches tributary of plexus pterygoideus /venous plexus/