What diseases or disorders affect the skull?
Skull Base Disorders
- Arachnoid cyst.
- Branchial cleft cysts.
- Carotid body tumor.
- Cavernous angiomas.
- Cerebral aneurysm.
- Cerebrovascular disease.
- Chondromas/chondrosarcomas.
- Chordomas, complex aneurysms.
What is a skull cavity?
The cranial cavity, also known as intracranial space, is the space within the skull that accommodates the brain. The skull minus the mandible is called the cranium. The cavity is formed by eight cranial bones known as the neurocranium that in humans includes the skull cap and forms the protective case around the brain.
What are the causes of abnormalities in skull size?
Most skull deformities result from abnormal development of the brain or from premature closure of some sutures. Babies born with acrania (absence of calvaria) fail to survive because most of the brain is absent. In microcephaly, the size of the brain is very small, and consequently the skull fails to grow.
What is Paget’s disease of the skull?
Paget’s (PAJ-its) disease of bone interferes with your body’s normal recycling process, in which new bone tissue gradually replaces old bone tissue. Over time, bones can become fragile and misshapen. The pelvis, skull, spine and legs are most commonly affected.
What organs are found in cranial cavity?
Cranial. The cranial cavity is the anterior portion of the dorsal cavity consisting of the space inside the skull. This cavity contains the brain, the meninges of the brain, and cerebrospinal fluid.
Where is the cranial cavity located?
skull
The space where the brain is located in the skull is called the cranial cavity.
What is Pfeiffer syndrome?
Pfeiffer syndrome, also known as acrocephalosyndactyly Type V, is a genetic disorder characterized by the anomalies of the skull, face and limbs. Gene mutations are responsible for causing the early fusion of the skull, hand and feet bones. Craniofacial differences are similar to those seen in Apert syndrome.
What is cloverleaf skull?
Cloverleaf deformity is an extremely rare skull deformity that happens when several joints (sutures) between a baby’s skull bones begin to fuse too early. Also known as Kleeblattschädel syndrome, the cloverleaf deformity causes bulging at the front and sides of the skull, resembling a cloverleaf shape.
What is lambdoid craniosynostosis?
Lambdoid. Lambdoid synostosis is a rare type of craniosynostosis that involves the lambdoid suture, which runs along the back of the head. It may cause one side of your baby’s head to appear flat, one ear to be higher than the other ear and tilting of the top of the head to one side.
What is difference between osteoporosis and osteomalacia?
Osteomalacia is more common in women and often happens during pregnancy. It’s not the same as osteoporosis. Both can cause bones to break. But while osteomalacia is a problem with bones not hardening, osteoporosis is the weakening of the bone.