Cranial nerve foramina

Question 1

What is the name of the most anterior foramina?

what passes through it?

Answer 1

cribiform plate

olfactory nerve

Question 2

What is the second most anterior foramina?

what travels within it

Answer 2

optic canal

optic nerve

Question 3

Which slash shaped foramen is the third most anterior foramen?
what is transported within it?

Answer 3

superior orbital fissure

oculomotor nerve
trochlear nerve
ophthalmic nerve (V1)
abducens nerve (VI)

Question 4

Which foramen is the fourth most anterior?

what is in it?

Answer 4

foramen rotundum

the maxillary nerve (CNV2)

Question 5

5th cranial nerve foramen?

Answer 5

foramen ovale

mandibular nerve CNV3

Question 6

6th most anterior cranial formen

Answer 6

internal acoustic meatus
facial nerve
vestibulocochlear nerve

Question 7

7th most anterior cranial foramen

Answer 7

jugular foramen
glossopharyngeal nerve
vagus
accessory

Question 8

8th most anterior cranial foramen

Answer 8

hypoglossal canal

hypoglossal nerve