Anatomy of the Calvaria and Skull Base

Tomasz Matys; Daniel J Scoffings; Tarik F Massoud

doi:10.1016/j.nic.2022.04.011

Anatomy of the Calvaria and Skull Base

Neuroimaging Clin N Am. 2022 Aug;32(3):447-462. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2022.04.011.

Authors

Tomasz Matys¹, Daniel J Scoffings², Tarik F Massoud³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK; Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. Electronic address: tm418@cam.ac.uk.
² Department of Radiology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, UK. Electronic address: https://twitter.com/brainscandan.
³ Division of Neuroimaging and Neurointervention, Department of Radiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Health Centre, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

PMID: 35843655
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2022.04.011

Abstract

A thorough understanding of the skull anatomy is of key importance to radiologists as well as specialist physicians and surgeons. We describe the anatomy of the neurocranium comprising calvaria (the skull vault) and the skull base and discuss the most common and clinically relevant anatomic variants.

Keywords: Anatomy; Calvaria; Radiological anatomy; Skull; Skull base; Skull vault.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Skull Base* / diagnostic imaging
Skull Base* / surgery
Skull* / anatomy & histology
Skull* / diagnostic imaging