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crista galli
attachment of falx cerebri
arcuate eminence
in middle cranial fossa, overlies superior/anterior semicircular canal of inner ear
hypophyseal fossa
pituitary gland
trigeminal impression
impression of trigeminal ganglion
optic canal
optic nerve (CNII), opthalmic artery (from internal carotid)
superior orbital fissure
oculomotor (CNIII)
trochlear (CNIV)
V/1 opthalmic
abducens (CNVI)
CNs 3, 4, 5, 6
foramen rotundum
CNV/2 (maxillary)–>opens into pterygopalatine fossa
foramen ovale
CNV/3 (mandibular)
foramen spinosum
middle meningeal artery
foramen lacerum
internal carotid (after carotid canal into skull), greater petrosal nerve (facial nerve)
internal acoustic meatus
facial (CNVII), vestibulocochlear (CNVIII)
jugular foramen
glossopharyngeal (CNIX)
vagus (X)
accessory (XI)
internal jugular
*remember CNs 9,10,11
foramen magnum
vertebral arteries (from subclavian (VITC)) vertebral veins spinal accessory (then enters jugular foramen with cranial root as single entity)
mandibular fossa
TMJ
infraorbital groove and foramen
infraorbital nerve (terminal branch of maxillary nerve)
pterygopalatine fossa
maxillary nerve
zygomatico-orbital foramen
zygomatico-orbital branch of maxillary nerve
inferior orbital fissure
maxillary nerve (CNV/2) into orbit inferior orbital artery
mental foramen
mental nerve
stylomastoid foramen
facial nerve
mandibular foramen
inferior alveolar branch (of mandibular nerve)
