Lecture 2: skull and face Flashcards
What goes through the optic canal?
Optic nerve and the ophthalmic artery
What goes through the cribriform plate?
Olfactory nerve bundles
What goes through the superior orbital fissure?
Oculomotor,trochlear, opthalamic of trigeminal, abducens (3,4,5,6)
What goes through the Foramen Rotundum?
Maxillary nerve ( of trigeminal )
What goes through foremen ovale?
Mandibular nerve ( of trigeminal ), lesser petrosal nerve and the accessory meningeal artery
What goes through foremen spinosum? Hint: Four sections of the spine
Mandibular nerve ( of trigeminal ) middle meningeal artery and vein
What goes through the foremen lacerum?
Filled with cartilage in life
What goes through the carotid canal?
Internal carotid artery and the internal carotid nerve plexus
What goes through the Internal acoustic meatus?
Facial nerve, Vestibulocochlear nerve and labyrinthine artery
What goes through the Jugular foremen?
glossopharyngeal, vagus, spinal accessory ( 9,10,11),
sigmoid sinus
Posterior meningeal artery
What goes through the Hypoglossal canal?
Hypoglossal nerve
What goes through the Foremen magnum?
Medulla oblongata
Meninges
Vertebral arteries
Spinal accessory spinal roots CNXI
Name the three fontanelle
Anterior
Sphenoid
Mastoid
What is the bregma
Junction of the coronal and sagital sutures
What is the pterion
Junction between the sphenoid, parietal, frontal and temporal bones