Cranial Foramina

Question 1

What travels through the cribriform foramina?

Answer 1

Olfactory nerve

Question 2

What travels through the optic canal?

Answer 2

Optic nerve (CN II)
Ophthalmic artery

Question 3

What travels through the superior orbital fissure?

Answer 3

Oculomotor nerve (CN III)
Trochlear nerve (CN IV)
Ophthalmic nerve (CN V1)
Abducens nerve (CN VI)
Superior ophthalmic vein

Question 4

What travels through the Foramen rotundum?

Answer 4

Maxillary nerve (CN V2)

Question 5

What travels through the Foramen ovale?

Answer 5

Mandibular nerve (CN V3)
Accessory meningeal artery
Lesser petrosal nerve

Question 6

What travels through the Foramen spinosum?

Answer 6

Middle meningeal artery and vein

Meningeal branch of mandibular nerve

Question 7

What travels through the Foramen lacerum?

Answer 7

Greater petrosal nerve crosses it

Question 8

What travels through the carotid canal?

Answer 8

Internal carotid artery

Internal carotid nerve plexus

Question 9

What travels through the internal acoustic meatus?

Answer 9

Facial nerve (CN VII)
Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
Labyrinthe artery

Question 10

What travels through the Foramen magnum?

Answer 10

Medulla oblongata
Vertebral arteries 
Venous plexus 
Meningeal branches of vertebral arteries 
Spinal roots of accessory nerves

Question 11

What travels through the hypoglossal canal?

Answer 11

Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)

Question 12

What travels through the jugular Foramen?

Answer 12

Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Vagus nerve (CN X)
Accessory nerve (CN XI)
Sigmoid sinus
Inferior petrosal sinus 
Posterior meningeal artery

Question 13

What travels through the posterior ethmoid Foramen?

Answer 13

Posterior ethmoid artery, vein and nerve

Question 14

What travels through the Foramen cecum?

Answer 14

Emissary vein to superior sagittal sinus