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Cranial Spaces Flashcards

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Incisive Fossa

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Nasopalatine N.

sphenopalatine vessels

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Greater Palatine foramen

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Greater Palatine N.

Greater Palatine vessels

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Lesser Palatine Foramen

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Lesser Palatine N

Lesser Palatine vessels

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Foramen ovale

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Lesser Petrosal N
Mandibular N. (V3)
Accessory meningeal a.

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Foramen Lacerum

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Greater Petrosal N.

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Foramen Spinosum

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Middle meningeal vessels

Meningeal branch of mandibular N. (V3)

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Carotid Canal

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Internal carotid a.

Carotid autonomic plexus

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Petrotympanic fissure

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Chorda tympani of facial n. (VII)

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Tympanic canaliculus

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Tympanic branch of glossopharyngeal n. (IX)

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Mastoid Canaliculus

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Auricular branch of vagus n. (X)

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Stylomastoid Foramen

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Facial n. (VII)

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Jugular fossa

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Glossopharyngeal n (IX)
vagus n. (X)
Acessory nerve (XI)
Superior bulb
internal jugular vein
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Mastoid Foramen

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Mastoid emissary v.

Posterior meningeal artery

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14
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Hypoglossal canal

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Hypoglossal n. (XII)

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15
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Foramen Magnum

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Medulla Oblongata
vertebral arteries and venous plexus
spinal roots of accessory nerves (XI)
Meninges
meningeal branches of vertebral arteries
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Foramen Cecum

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emissary v. to superior sagittal sinus

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Nasal slit/ Anterior ethmoidal foramen

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anterior ethmoidal artery vein and nerve

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Foramina of cribriform plate

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Olfactory nerves

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Posterior ethmoidal foramen

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posterior ethmoidal artery, vein, and nerve

20
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optic canal

A 
optic nerve (II)
ophthalmic artery
21
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superior orbital fissure

A 
oculomotor n (III)
trochlear n. (IV)
Lacrimal, frontal and nasociliary branches of ophthalmic n. (VI)
abducent n. (VI)
superior ophthalmic v.
22
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Foramen rotundum

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Maxillary n. (V2)

23
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Hiatus for Lesser petrosal n.

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lesser petrosal n

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Hiatus for greater petrosal n

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greater petrosal n

25
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Internal acoustic meatus

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facial n. (VII)
Vestibulocochlear n. (VIII)
Labyrinthine a.

26
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Opening of vestibular aqueduct

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endolymphatic duct

27
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mastoid foramen

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emissary v.

branch of occipital a.

28
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Jugular foramen

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Inferior petrosal sinus
glossopharyngeal n. (IX)
Vagus n. (X)
Accessory n. (XI)
Sigmoid Sinus
Posterior meningeal a.
29
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Condylar canal

A

Emissary v.

meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal a.

30
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Hypoglossal canal

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Hypoglossal n. (XII)

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