KROK 1 2023 – Question 131 · KROK (Medicine) · Human Anatomy
X-ray detects a shadow in the area of the patient’s dural sinus that runs from the crista galli of the ethmoid bone of the skull to the internal occipital protuberance. In this case, pathological changes can be detected in the area of the following sinus:
- A. Sinus sagittalis superior
- B. Sinus rectus
- C. Sinus sigmoideus
- D. Sinus sagittalis inferior
- E. Sinus transversus
Hint
Follow the dural fold attached to the crista galli backward along the convex roof of the skull to the point where several sinuses meet.
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