Cranial cavity 3235603 214808762 2008-05-25T10:51:16Z Gracillis 4775916 [[th:โพรงกะโหลก]] {{Infobox Anatomy | Name = {{PAGENAME}} | Latin = cavitas cranii | GraySubject = | GrayPage = | Image = Illu body cavities.jpg | Caption = Body cavities | Image2 = Gray194.png | Caption2 = Cranial cavity | Precursor = | System = | Artery = | Vein = | Nerve = | Lymph = | MeshName = | MeshNumber = | DorlandsPre = c_16 | DorlandsSuf = 12220441 | }} The '''cranial cavity''', or '''intracranial space''', is the space formed inside the [[skull]]. The [[brain]] occupies the cranial cavity, which is lined by the [[meninges]] and which contains fluid to cushion blows. Eight fused cranial bones together form the cranial cavity: the [[frontal bone|frontal]], [[occipital bone|occipital]], [[sphenoid bone|sphenoid]] and [[ethmoid]] bones, and two each of the [[parietal bone|parietal]] and [[temporal bone|temporal]] bones.<ref name="Martini">Martini R, Ober W, Garrison C, Welch K, and Hutchings RT. 2001. ''Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology'', 5th ed. Prentice Hall, New Jersey. p. 195. </ref> The capacity of an adult human cranial cavity is 1,200-1,700 [[centimeter|cm]]<sup>3</sup>.<ref>Turchin VF. ''The Phenomenon of Science''. [http://pcp.vub.ac.be/POS/Turchap5.html Chapter 5]. Retrieved on [[February 5]], [[2007]]. </ref> ==See also== *[[Intracranial pressure]] ==References== <references/> ==External links== *[http://www.welovelmc.com/books/anatomy/cranialcavity.htm Anatomy of cranial cavity.] {{Sutures}} [[Category:skull]] {{anatomy-stub}} [[el:Εγκεφαλικό κρανίο]] [[th:โพรงกะโหลก]]