Foreamina of the Skull Flashcards
What goes through the Foreamen caecum

Emissary veins
What goes through the Olfactory foreamina

Olfactory nerve
What goes through the optic canal

Optic nerve (CNII),
Ophthalmic artery,
Dural sheath of optic nerve
What goes through the foreamen rotundum

Maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve (CNV2)
what goes through the Foreamen ovale

Mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (CNV3). Accessory meningeal branch of maxillary artery Lesser petrosal nerve Emissary vein
What goes through the foreamen spinosum

Middle meningeal artery
What goes through the foreamen lacerum

Greater petrosal nerve
What goes through the carotid canal

Internal carotid artery
What goes through the internal acoustic foreamen

Facial nerve (CNVIII) Vestibulocochlear nerve (CNVIII)
What goes through the jugular foreamen

Glossopharyngeal nerve (CNIX)
Vagus nerve (CNX)
Descending portion of the spinal accessory nerve (CNXI),
Internal jugular vein
What goes through the hypoglossal canal

Hypoglossal nerve (CNXII)
What goes through the foreamen magnum

Brainstem/spinal cord Vertebral arteries Ascending portion of the spinal accessory nerve (CNXI)
What is A

Cribiform plate of Ethmoid Bone
What is B

Optic Canal
What is C

Superior Orbital Fissue
What is D

Foreamen Rotundum
What is E

Foreamen Ovale
What is F

Foreamen Lacerum
What is G

Foreamen spinosum
What is H

Carotid canal
Internal aperture
What is I

Internal acoustic meatus
What is J

Jugular Foreamen
What is K

Hypoglossal canal
What is L

Foreamen magnum
What goes through the superior orbital fissure
Oculomotor nerve (CNIII),
trochlear nerve (CN IV),
ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve (CNV1),
abducent nerve (CNVI),
ophthalmic veins