Foramina and Canals of Cranial Base Flashcards
What passes through the Incisive Fossa?
Nasopalatine nerve
Anastomosis of posterior septal branches of sphenopalatine artery and greater palatine artery
What passes through Greater Palatine Foramen?
Greater Palatine nerve and vessels
What passes through the lesser palatine foramen?
Lesser palatine nerve and vessels
What passes through the foramen Lacerum?
Greater Petrosal nerve(passes over foramen)
What passes through the foramen Ovale?
Lesser Petrosal Nerve
Mandibular Nerve
Accessory Meningeal Artery
What passes through the foramen spinosum?
Middle meningeal vessels
Meningeal branches of mandibular nerve(CN V3)
What passes through the carotid canal?
Internal Carotid Artery
Internal Carotid Plexus
What passes through the petrotympanic fissure?
Chorda tympani of intermediate nerve(CN VII)
What passes through the inferior tympanic canaliculus?
Tympanic branch of glossopharyngeal Nerve(CN IX)
What passes through the mastoid canaliculus?
Auricular branch of vague nerve(CN X)
What passes through the stylomastoid foramen?
Facial Nerve(CN VII)
What passes through the Jugular Fossa?
Glossopharyngeal Nerve
Vagus Nerve
Accessory Nerve
Superior bulb and internal jugular vein
What passes through the mastoid foramen?
Mastoid emissary vein
Posterior meningeal artery
What passes through the hypoglossal canal?
Hypoglossal Nerve
What passes through the foramen Magnum?
Medulla Oblongata
Vertebral arteries and venous plexus
Spinal roots of accessory nerves