KMS - Cerebral Foramina and their Contents - Anterior and Middle Cranial Fossa

Question 1

What does the cribiform plate transmit?

Answer 1

CN I

Question 2

What does the anterior ethmoidal foramen transmit?

Answer 2

Anterior ethmoidal aa, vein and nerve

Question 3

What does the foramen cecum transmit?

Answer 3

Nasal emissary vein

Question 4

What does the posterior ethmoidal foramen transmit?

Answer 4

Posterior ethmoidal aa, vein and nerve

Question 5

What does the optic canal transmit?

Answer 5

CN II, opthalmic aa

Question 6

What does the superior orbital fissure transmit?

Answer 6

CNs III, IV, V1, VI

Superior opthalmic vein

Question 7

What does the foramen rotundum transmit?

Answer 7

CN V2

Question 8

What goes through foramen ovale?

Answer 8

CN V3

Accessory meningeal artery

Question 9

What does the foramen spinosum transmit?

Answer 9

Middle meningeal aa

Recurrent meningeal nerve (CN V3)

Question 10

What does the hiatus for the greater petrosal nerve transmit?

Answer 10

Greater petrosal nerve - CN VII

Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery

Question 11

What does the hiatus for the lesser petrosal nerve transmit?

Answer 11

Lesser petrosal nerve - CH IX