holes

Question 1

crista galli

Answer 1

attachment of falx cerebri

Question 2

arcuate eminence

Answer 2

in middle cranial fossa, overlies superior/anterior semicircular canal of inner ear

Question 3

hypophyseal fossa

Answer 3

pituitary gland

Question 4

trigeminal impression

Answer 4

impression of trigeminal ganglion

Question 5

optic canal

Answer 5

optic nerve (CNII),
opthalmic artery (from internal carotid)

Question 6

superior orbital fissure

Answer 6

oculomotor (CNIII)
trochlear (CNIV)
V/1 opthalmic
abducens (CNVI)

CNs 3, 4, 5, 6

Question 7

foramen rotundum

Answer 7

CNV/2 (maxillary)–>opens into pterygopalatine fossa

Question 8

foramen ovale

Answer 8

CNV/3 (mandibular)

Question 9

foramen spinosum

Answer 9

middle meningeal artery

Question 10

foramen lacerum

Answer 10

internal carotid (after carotid canal into skull), greater petrosal nerve (facial nerve)

Question 11

internal acoustic meatus

Answer 11

facial (CNVII), vestibulocochlear (CNVIII)

Question 12

jugular foramen

Answer 12

glossopharyngeal (CNIX)
vagus (X)
accessory (XI)
internal jugular

*remember CNs 9,10,11

Question 13

foramen magnum

Answer 13

vertebral arteries (from subclavian (VITC))
vertebral veins
spinal accessory (then enters jugular foramen with cranial root as single entity)

Question 14

mandibular fossa

Answer 14

TMJ

Question 15

infraorbital groove and foramen

Answer 15

infraorbital nerve (terminal branch of maxillary nerve)

Question 16

pterygopalatine fossa

Answer 16

maxillary nerve

Question 17

zygomatico-orbital foramen

Answer 17

zygomatico-orbital branch of maxillary nerve

Question 18

inferior orbital fissure

Answer 18

maxillary nerve (CNV/2) into orbit
inferior orbital artery

Question 19

mental foramen

Answer 19

mental nerve

Question 20

stylomastoid foramen

Answer 20

facial nerve

Question 21

mandibular foramen

Answer 21

inferior alveolar branch (of mandibular nerve)