Cranial Fossa

Question 1

What goes through the optic canal?

Answer 1

CN II (optic nerve) Ophthalmic artery

Question 2

What goes through the superior orbital fissure?

Answer 2

CN III (occulomotor nerve) CN IV (trochlear nerve) CN V1 (ophthalmic nerve) CN VI (abducens nerve) Ophthalmic vein

Question 3

What goes through the foramen rotundum?

Answer 3

CN V2 (maxillary nerve)

Question 4

What goes through the foramen ovale?

Answer 4

CN V3 (mandibular nerve)

Question 5

What goes through the foramen spinosum?

Answer 5

Middle meningeal artery Meningeal nerve (V3)

Question 6

What goes through the internal acoustic meatus?

Answer 6

CN VII (facial nerve) CN VIII (vestibulocochlear nerve)

Question 7

What goes through the jugular foramen?

Answer 7

CN IX (glossopharyngeal nerve) CN X (vagus nerve) CN XI (spinal accessory nerve) exits Inferior petrosal sinus Jugular bulb

Question 8

What goes through the hypoglossal canal?

Answer 8

CN XII (hypoglossal nerve)

Question 9

What goes through the foramen magnum?

Answer 9

Brain stem/spinal cord junction CN XI (spinal accessory nerve) enters Vertebral arteries