Brain: Foramen of Skull & Cranial Nerves

Question 1

What feature(s) pass through the foramen rotundum

Answer 1

maxillary division (V2) of CN V

Question 2

What feature(s) pass through the foramen ovale

Answer 2

mandibular division (V3) of CN V

Question 3

What feature(s) pass through the carotid canal

Answer 3

Internal carotid artery

Question 4

What feature(s) pass through the foramen spinosum?

Answer 4

Middle meningeal artery

Question 5

What feature(s) pass through the jugular foramen

Answer 5

Internal jugular vein
Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Vagus nerve (CN X)
Spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)

Question 6

What feature(s) pass through the foramen magnum

Answer 6

Spinal cord
vertebral arteries
Roots of spinal accessory nerve

Question 7

What feature(s) pass through the foramina of cribriform plate?

Answer 7

Olfactory nerves (CN I)

Question 8

What feature(s) pass through the optic canal?

Answer 8

Optic nerve (CN II)
Ophthalmic artery

Question 9

What feature(s) pass through the superior orbital fissure

Answer 9

Oculomotor nerve (CN III)
Trochlear nerve (CN IV)
Ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve (CN V1)
Abducens nerve (CN VI)
Superior opthalmic vein

Question 10

What feature(s) pass through the internal acoustic meatus?

Answer 10

facial nerve (CN VII)
Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)

Question 11

What feature(s) pass through the hypoglossal canal?

Answer 11

Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)