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Cranial Structures and Foramina Flashcards

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Anterior Cranial Fossa

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  1. Anterior Ethmoidal Canal 2. Posterior Ethmoidal Canal 3. Foramen Cecum 4. Cribriform Foramina or Perforations
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Anterior Ethmoidal Canal

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Anterior Ethmoidal Nerve, Artery, and Vein

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Carotid Foramen

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  1. Internal Carotid Artery and Internal Carotid Plexus
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Condyloid Canal

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Emissary Vein (from Veins of Suboccipital Triangle to Sigmoid Sinuses)

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Cribriform Foramina or Perforations

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Olfactory Nerve Fibers

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Foramen Cecum

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Emissary Vein (Veins of Frontal Sinus and Nose to Sup. Sagittal Sinus)

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Foramen Lacerum

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Emissary Vein

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Foramen Magnum

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  1. Junction of Brain and Spinal Cord 2. Junction of Dura Mater and Spinal Cord 3. Vertebral Arteries (w/Sympathetic Plexus) 4. Verterbal Veins 5. Blood Vessels of Spinal Cord
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Foramen Ovale

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  1. V3: Mandibular Nerve 2. Accessory Meningeal Artery 3. Lesser Petrosal Nerve 4. Emissary Vein (from Cavernous Sinus to Pterygoid Plexus)
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Foramen Rotundum

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  1. V2: Maxillary Nerve 2. Artery to Foramen Rotundum
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Foramen Spinosum

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  1. Middle Meningeal Artery 2. Sympathetic Plexus 3. Recurrent Branch of V3 (Meningeal Branch)
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Foramen Vesalii

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Emissary Vein (from Cavernous Sinus to Pterygoid Plexus)

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Greater Palatine Foramen (Canal)

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Greater Palatine Nerve, Artery, and Vein

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Hiatus for Lesser Petrosal Nerve

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Lesser Petrosal Nerve

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Hiatus of Facial Canal

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Greater Petrosal Nerve

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Hypoglossal Canal

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Hypoglossal Nerve

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Incisive Foramen

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  1. Greater Palatine Artery 2. Nasopalatine Nerve
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Inferior Orbital Fissure

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  1. Infraorbital Artery and Vein 2. Zygomatic Nerve 3. Orbital Branch of Pterygopalatine Nerves 4. Vein from orbit to Pterygoid Plexus
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Internal Auditory Meatus

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  1. CN 8: Vestibulocochlear 2. CN 7: Facial Nerve
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Internal Opening of Carotid Canal

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  1. Internal Carotid Artery and Internal Carotid Plexus 2. Emissary Vein (from Cavernous Sinus to Pharyngeal Vein)
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Jugular Foramen

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  1. Internal Jugular Vein 2. Inferior Petrosal Sinus 3. CN 9: Glossopharyngeal Nerve 4. CN 10: Vagus Nerve 5. CN 11: Spinal Accessory Nerve
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Lesser Palatine Foramen

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  1. Lesser Palatine Nerve, Artery, and Vein 2. Middle Palatine Nerve, Artery, and Vein
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Mandibular Foramen

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Inferior Alveolar Nerve, Artery, and Vein

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Mastoid Foramen

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Mastoid Emissary Vein (from Occipital Veins of Posterior Auricular Vein to Sigmoid Sinuses)

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Middle Cranial Fossa

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  1. Superior Orbital Fissure 2. Foramen Rotundum 3. Foramen Ovale 4. Foramen Spinosum 5. Hiatus of Facial Canal 6. Hiatus for Lesser Petrosal Nerve 7. Internal Opening of Carotid Canal 8. Foramen Vesalii 9. Optic Foramen
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Optic Foramen

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  1. CN 2: Optic Nerve 2. Ophthalmic Artery (w/Sympathetic Fibers of Internal Carotid Plexus)
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Parietal Foramen

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Parietal Emissary Vein (from Occipital Vein to Superior Sagittal Sinus)

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Petrosquamous Fissure

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Location only

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Petrotympanic Fissure

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  1. Chorda Tympani 2. Anterior Tympanic Artery 3. Medial Retrodiscal Ligament/Anterior Malleolar Ligament
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Pharyngeal Canal

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  1. Pharyngeal Artery and Vein 2. Pharyngeal Branch of Pterygopalatine Nerve
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Posterior Cranial Fossa

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  1. Foramen Magnum 2. Jugular Foramen 3. Hypoglossal Canal 4. Condyloid Canal 5. Internal Auditory Meatus 6. Mastoid Foramen
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Posterior Ethmoidal Canal

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Posterior Ethmoidal Nerve, Artery, and Vein

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Posterior Superior Alveolar Foramen

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Posterior Superior Alveolar Nerve, Artery, and Vein

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Pterygopalatine Canal

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  1. Descending Palatine Artery and Vein 2. Greater and Lesser Palatine Nerves
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Pterygopalatine/Pterygomaxillary Fissure

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  1. Maxillary Artery 2. Pterygoid Plexus to Maxillary Vein
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Squamotympanic Fissure

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Location only

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Stylomastoid Foramen

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CN 7: Facial Nerve

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Superior Orbital Fissure

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  1. CN 3: Oculomotor Nerve 2. CN 4: Trochlear Nerve 3. V1: Ophthalmic Nerve 4. CN 6: Abducens Nerve 5. Nasociliary Nerve 6. Lacrimal Nerve 7. Meningeal Branch of Lacrimal Artery 8. Branch of Middle Meningeal Artery to Orbit 9. Sympathetic Fibers
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Supraorbital Foramen

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Supraorbital Nerve, Artery, and Vein

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Tympanic Canaliculus

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Tympanic Branch of CN IX: Glossopharyngeal Nerve

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Zygomaticofacial Foramen

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Zygomaticofacial Nerve

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Zygomaticotemporal Foramen

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Zygomaticotemporal Nerve

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