important bony things

Question 1

Mental foramen

Answer 1

transmits mental NAV (mandibular branch of V)

Question 2

Submandibular fossa

Answer 2

houses submandibular gland

Question 3

sublingual fossa

Answer 3

houses sublingual gland

Question 4

mandibular foramen

Answer 4

transmits inferior alveolar NAV (mandibular branch of V)

Question 5

Mandibular canal

Answer 5

houses the inferior alveolar NAC within the ramus and body of the mandible

Question 6

Lingula

Answer 6

sphenomandibular ligament

Question 7

mylohyoid groove

Answer 7

houses nerve to the mylohyoid (mandibular branch of V)

Question 8

foramen magnum

Answer 8

transmits spinal cord, vertebral AV, and accessory nerve

Question 9

occipital condyles

Answer 9

articulates with atlas

Question 10

hypoglossal canal

Answer 10

transmits hypoglossal nerve (XII)

Question 11

Jugular notch and foramen

Answer 11

transmits:

• internal jugular vein
• glossopharyngeal nerve
• vagus nerve
• accessory nerve

Question 12

sulcus chiasmatus

Answer 12

houses optic chiasm (sphenoid bone)

Question 13

optic canal

Answer 13

transmits optic nerve and ophthalmic artery

Question 14

hypophyseal fossa

Answer 14

houses the pituitary

sphenoid bone

Question 15

carotid groove

Answer 15

houses the internal carotid artery and nerve (sphenoid bone)

Question 16

foramen rotundum

Answer 16

transmits maxillary nerve (sphenoid bone)

Question 17

foramen ovale

Answer 17

transmits the mandibular nerve (and accessory meningeal artery)

(sphenoid bone)

Question 18

foramen spinosum

Answer 18

transmits meningeal branch of mandibular nerve (and middle meningeal artery)

(sphenoid bone)

Question 19

Pterygoid canal

Answer 19

transmits nerve of the pterygoid canal (branch of facial nerve VII)

Question 20

petrotympanic fissure

Answer 20

transmits chorda tympani n. (facial n.)

located between spine of sphenoid bone and mandibular fossa

Question 21

Stylomastoid foramen

Answer 21

(posterior to styloid process)

Transmits facial n. branch

Question 22

Occipital groove

Answer 22

houses occipital a.

medial to mastoid process

Question 23

Internal auditory meatus

Answer 23

transmits facial and vestibulocochlear nerve

Question 24

Jugular fossa

Answer 24

transmits: internal jugular vein, glossopharyngeal n. , vagus n. and accessory n.

Question 25

Tympanic canaliculus

Answer 25

transmits tympanic nerve (glossopharyngeal n. branch)

Question 26

Supraorbital foramen

Answer 26

transmits supraorbital NAV (branch of frontal/opthalmic nerve V1)

Question 27

Anterior ethmoidal foramen

Answer 27

transmits anterior ethmoidal NAV

Question 28

Posterior ethmoidal foramen

Answer 28

transmits posterior ethmoidal NAV

Question 29

Crista galli

Answer 29

falx cerebri attaches here (separates hemispheres)

Question 30

Cribiform plate (olfactory foramina)

Answer 30

transmits olfactory n.

Question 31

Infraorbital foramen

Answer 31

transmits infraorbital NAV (branch of mandibular V3)

Question 32

Infraorbital groove/canal

Answer 32

transmits the infraorbital NAV (branch of mandibular V3)

Question 33

Greater palatine foramen

Answer 33

transmits greater palatine NAV (branch of the facial nerve VII and Maxillary nerve V2)

Question 34

Lesser palatine foramen

Answer 34

transmits lesser palatine NAV (branch of the facial nerve VII and Maxillary nerve V2)

Question 35

Incisive fossa

Answer 35

transmits the nasopalatine NA (branch of maxillary nerve V2) and greater palatine artery

Question 36

Sphenopalatine foramen

Answer 36

Transmits sphenopalatine AV
Posterior superior nasal nerve (medial and lateral)

Branch of the maxillary nerve V2

Question 37

Transverse foramen

Answer 37

transmits the vertebral AV