Radiology Flashcards
When would you do barium swallow?
Barium swallow used if no abnormality found at endoscopy
To demonstrate strictures distal to the cricopharyngeus
Pharyngeal pouches
Oesophageal dysmotility
Transmits V2 of trigeminal nerve
Foramen rotundum
Connects PPF to middle cranial fossa
Foramen rotundum
Transmits V3 of trigeminal nerve
Foramen ovale
Transmits accessory meningeal artery
Foramen ovale
Transmits middle meningeal artery
Foramen spinosum
Transmits vidian nerve, artery and vein
Vidian canal
PPF to middle cranial fossa
Foramen rotundum
MCF/foramen lacerum to PPF
Vidial canal
Orbit to PPF
Inferior orbital fissure
Nose to PPF
Sphenopalatine foramen
Mouth to PF
Greater and lesser palatine canals
Masticator space to PPF
Pterygomaxillary fissure
Origin of petrosal nerves
Geniculate ganglion
Taste fibres synapse here
Geniculate ganglion