the middle ear occupies the middle cranial fossa.
the middle ear occupies the middle cranial fossa.
what part of the brain occupies the middle cranial fossa?
the middle ear
it houses the temporal lobes of the brain and the pituitary gland. a middle fossa craniotomy is one means to surgically remove acoustic neuromas (vestibular schwannoma) growing within the internal auditory canal of the temporal bone. 









































section::::middle part.









































the middle part of the fossa presents, in front, the chiasmatic groove and tuberculum sellae; the chiasmatic groove ends on either side at the optic foramen, which transmits the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery to the orbital cavity.









































behind the optic foramen the anterior clinoid process is directed backward and medialward and gives attachment to the tentorium cerebelli.
middle cranial fossa
middle cranial fossa









































the middle cranial fossa, deeper than the anterior cranial fossa, is narrow medially and widens laterally to the sides of the skull. it is separated from the posterior fossa by the clivus and the petrous crest.
middle cranial fossa