This document discusses the cranial base angle and its relationship to malocclusion. It begins with an anatomy section describing the cranial base. It then discusses how the cranial base functions to support the brain and provide passageways. Growth of the cranial base is attributed to displacement from brain growth and synchondroses like the spheno-occipital synchondrosis. The cranial base angle is defined and factors like an increased or decreased angle or length are associated with Class II or III skeletal patterns. Larger cranial base angles tend to position jaws in a Class II relationship while smaller angles a Class III relationship.