External foramina of skull

Question 1

Structures passing through:

-supra-orbital nerve and vessels

Answer 1

supra-orbital foramen

Question 2

-infra-orbital nerve vessels

Answer 2

infra-orbital foramen

Question 3

mental nerve and vessels

Answer 3

mental foramen

Question 4

zygomaticofacial nerve

Answer 4

zygomaticofacial foramen

Question 5

emissary veins

Answer 5

parietal foramen

Question 6

nasopalatine; sphenopalatine vessels

Answer 6

incisive foramina

Question 7

greater palatine nerve and vessels

Answer 7

greater palatine foramen

Question 8

lesser palatine nerves and vessels

Answer 8

lesser palatine foramina

Question 9

pterygoid nerve and vessels

Answer 9

pterygoid canal

Question 10

mandibular nerve

Answer 10

foramen ovale

Question 11

middle meningeal artery

Answer 11

foramen spinosum

Question 12

filled w/ cartilage

Answer 12

foramen lacerum

Question 13

internal carotid artery and nerve plexus

Answer 13

carotid canal

Question 14

brain and spinal cord, vertebral arteries, nerve plexuses; anterior spinal artery; posterior spinal arteries; roots of accessory nerve; meninges

Answer 14

foramen magnum

Question 15

emissary veins

Answer 15

condylar canal

Question 16

hypoglossal nerve [XII] and vessels

Answer 16

hypoglossal canal

Question 17

Internal jugular vein; inferior petrosal sinus

Answer 17

jugular foramen

Question 18

facial nerve

Answer 18

stylomastoid foramen