Foramen Flashcards
What passes through the jugular foramen
Jugular vein
CN IX; Glossopharyngeal
CN X; Vagus
CN XI; Accessory
What passes through the carotid canal
Internal carotid artery
Supplies 80% of blood to the cerebral hemispheres
What passes through the foramen internal acoustic meatus
CN VII; Facial
CN VIII; Vestibulocochlear
What bone houses the sella turcica and the hypophyseal fossa
The Sphenoid bone
What foramina, canal and fissure is located on the sphenoid bone
Optic canal Superior orbital fissure Rotundum Ovale Spinousum
What passes through the optic canal
CN II; optic nerve
What passes through the Superior Orbital Fissure
CN III; Oculomotor
CN IV: Trochlear
CN VI; Abducens
What passes through the foramen rotundum
CN V; Maxillary nerve
What passes through the foramen ovale
CN V;
What passes through the foramen spinousum
middle meningeal artery
The superior and inferior conchae are part of what bone
Ethmoid bone
What six paired bones and two single bones form the skull. Fourteen total bones
Paired: Maxillae Zygomatics Nasals Lacrimals Palatines Inferior nasal conchae Single: Mandible Vomer
What passes through the inferior optical fissure
Zygomatic nerve
Maxillary nerve
Blood vessels
What passes through the infraorbital foramen
Infraorbital nerve; continuation of the maxillary nerve
Artery
The nasal septum is formed by what bones
Inferiorly; The vomer
Superiorly: perpendicular plate of the ethmoid bone
