Foramina and What they transmit Flashcards
cribiform plate
ethmoid and CN1
anterior ethmoidal foramen
frontoethmoidal suture and anterior ethmoidal artery vein and nerve
posterior ethmoidal foramen
frontoethmoidal suture and posterior ethmoidal artery vein nerve
optic canal
sphenoid
CN II, opthalmic artery
superior orbital fissue
sphenoid
CN 3,4,5,6, and superior opthalmic vein
foramen rotundum
sphenoid
CN V2
foramen ovale
spehoid
CN V3 acessory meningeal artery
foramen spinosum
sphenoid
middle meningeal artery, recurrent meningeal nerve (V3)
foramen lacerum
sphenoid, temporal occpital
meningeal br, of ascending pharyngeal artery
hiatus for greater petrosal nerve
temporal( petrous)
greater petrosal nerve, (CN 7) petrossal br of middle meningeal artery
hiatus for lesser petrosal nerve
temporal (petrous, lateral to hiatus for greater petrous nerve)
lesser petrosal nerve (CN 9)
internal acoustic meatus
temporal CN (7 and9) and internal labryrinthine artery
jugular foramen
petrooccipital fissue
CN 9.10 and 11, sigmoid sinus, inferior, petrosal sinus, posterior meningeal brs. of occpital and ascending pharyngeal aa
foramen magnum
occpital
spinal cord, spinal roots of CN 11 and vertebral aa
hypoglossal canal
occipital
anterior and posterior spinal aa, dural vv, CN 11, post. menigeal branch of ascendin pharyngeal artery
petrotympanic fissure
temporal (medial to mandibular fossa)
chorda tympani of CN vii
stylomastoid formane
temporal (mastoid post to styloid process)
SVE of CN vii
carotid canal
temporal
internal carotid artery and sympathetic plexus
tympanic canaliculus
temporal (crest between jugular foramen and carotid canal)
tympanic branch of CN IX
mastoid canaliculus
ttemporal (inside jugular foramen laterally)
auricular br of CN 10
sphenoidmaxillary fissue
ant, infratemporal fossa
3rd portion of maxillary artery
pterygopalatine fossa
inside sphenomaxillary fissure
3rd portion of maxillary artery and ptergyopalatine ganglion
sphenopalatine foramen
deep to pterygopalatine fossa, sphenopalatine artery, nasopalatine nerve, posterior superior lateral nasal nerve
pterygoid canal
sphenoid
nerve and artery of the pterygoid canal
greater palatine canal
palatine bone
greater palatine artery and nerve
lesser palatine canal
palatine bone
lesser palatine artery and nerve
supraorbital notch
frontal
supraorbital artery vein nerve
infraorbital foramen
maxilla
infraorbital avn
anterior ethmoidal foramen
frontal ethmooidal suture
ant. ethmoidal avn
posterior ethmoidal foramen
frontal ethmoidal suture
pposterior ethmoidal avn
nasolacrimal canal
maxilla
nasolacrimal duct
inferior orbital fissure
upper exten of sp, max fissue
infraorbital n, orbital and zygomatic nerve, inferior opthalmic v
zygomaticofacial foramen
zygomatic
xygomatico favial avn
incisibe canal
maxilla
nasopalatine , and greater palatine a
mandibular formane
mandible
inferior alveolar a and n
mental foramen
mandible
mental artery