Vovk O. Features of structure, sizes, form and localization of the foramen magnum of the human skull.

Object of the study: morphology of the foramen magnum of the human skull. Purpose of the study: to set age and individual changeability of the foramen magnum and his craniotopographical interrelation with surrounding formations of the human skull. Research methods: morphometric and craniometric – to determine features of structure and individual parameters of the foramen magnum; tomo- and rentgenometric – to determine correlations between the foramen magnum and surrounding formations; mathematical – for statistical processing of the received results. Practical significance: the received results of research complement our pictures of modern craniology and can be used at reading of lectures and carrying out of practical classes on morphological departments, and also on the courses of neurosurgery and neurotraumathology. New devices which are offered in the process of work can be applied for researches of vertebro-basilar region and skull completely. Novelty of the obtained results: the age and individualfeatures of structure of the foramen magnum of skull are firstly studied, the range of individual distinctions of form and sizes of this formation is definite, the morphometric features of spatial position of foramen are exposed, and also craniometrical correlations between the plane of foramen and surrounding formations are determine. The study of modern is conducted craniotopography of the foramen by tomography research. Introduction: materials of dissertation are inculcated in a scientific and educational process on the morphological departments of the Lugansk state medical university, Donetsk state medical university, Vinnitca national medical university, Bukovina state medical university, Ternopol state medical university. Sphere of application: normal anatomy, topographical anatomy, neurosurgery, neurotraumathology.