Cranial Nerves 2 Flashcards
Structure passes through cribriform plate of ethmoid bone in anterior cranial fossa
-CN I
Structure passes through the optic canal of sphenoid bone in the middle cranial fossa
-CN II
-ophthalmic artery
Structures passes through the superior orbital fissures of the sphenoid bone in the middle cranial fossa
-opthalamic vein
-CN III
-CN IV
-CN V1 (opthalamic)
-CN VI
-sympathetic fibers (T1-L2)
Structures passes through the foramen rotundum of the greater wing of sphenoid bone in the middle cranial fossa
-CN V2 (maxillary)
Structures passes through the foramen ovale of the greater wing of sphenoid bone in the middle cranial fossa
MALE
-CN V3 (mandibular)
-accessory meningeal artery
-lessor petrosal nerve
-emissary vein
Structures passes through the foramen spinosum of the greater wing of sphenoid bone in the middle cranial fossa
-middle meningeal artery
Structures passes through the internal auditory meatus of the temporal bone in the posterior cranial fossa
-CN VII
-CN VIII