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Skull Foramina Flashcards

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Cribriform Plate

A

Bone: ethomoid
Transmits: CN I

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Froamen Cecum

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Bone: frontal

Nasal emissary vein

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Anterior Ethmoidal foramen

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Frontoethmoidal suture

Anterior ethmoidal a,v,n

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Posterior Ethmoidal foramen

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Frontoethmoidal suture

Posterior ethmoidal a,v,n

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5
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Optic canal

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Sphenoid (chiasmatic groove)
CN II
Opthalamic artery

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6
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Superior orbital fissure

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Sphenoid
CN III
CN IV
CN V1
VN VI
Superior opthalamic vein
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Foramen rotundum

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Sphenoid

CN V2

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Foramen Ovale

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Sphenoid
CN V3
Accessory meningeal artery

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9
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Foramen Spinosum

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Sphenoid
Middle meningeal artery
recurrent meningeal nerve V3

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10
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Hiatus for Greater Petrosal nerve

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Temporal (petrous)
Greater petrosal nerve CN VII
Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery

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Hiatus for Lesser Petrosal Nerve

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Temporal (petrous, lateral to hiatus for greater petrosal nerve)
Lesser petrosal nerve CN IX

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12
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Internal Acoustic Meatus

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Temporal (petrous)
CN VII
CN VIII
Internal labryinthine artery

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13
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Jugular Foramen

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Petrooccipital fissure
CN IX
CN X
CN XI
Sigmoid sinus 
Inferior petrosal sinus
Internal jugular vein
Posterior Meningeal branch of occipital and ascending pharyngeal arteries
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Mastoid Foramen

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Temporal (mastoid)

Mastoid emissary vein

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Condyloid Canal

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Occipital (lateral to foramen magnum)

Condyloid emissary vein

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16
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Foramen Magnum

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Occipital
Spinal cord
spinal roots of CN XI
Vertebral arteries
Anterior and posterior spinal arteries
Anterior and posterior meningeal branches (vert a)
Dural vv
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17
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Hypoglossal Canal

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Occipital
CN XII (GSE)
Posterior meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

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Petrotympanic fissure

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Temporal (medial to mandibular fossa)

Chorda tympani of CN VII

19
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Stylomastoid foramen

A

Temporal (Mastoid posterior to styloid process)

SVE of CN VII

20
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Carotid Canal

A

Temporal
Internal carotid artery
Sympathetic plexus

21
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Tympanic Canaliculus

A

Temporal (crest between jugular foramen and carotid canal)

Tympanic branch of CN IX

22
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Mastoid Canaliculus

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Temporal (inside jugular foramen laterally)

Auricular branch of CN X

23
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Foramen lacerum

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Sphenoid, temporal, occipital

Meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

24
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Sphenomaxillary fissure

A

Anterior infratemporal fossa
3rd portion of maxillary artery
Posterior superior alveolar nerve

25
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Pterygopalatine Fossa

A

Inside sphenomayxillary fissure
3rd portion of maxillary artery
Pterygopalatine ganglion

26
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Sphenopalatine foramen

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Deep to pterygopalatine fossa (medial wall)
sphenopalatine artery
nasopalatine nerve
posterior superior lateral nasal nerve

27
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Pterygoid Canal

A

Sphenoid (anterior wall of foramen lacerum)

N and A of pterygoid canal

28
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Pharyngeal Canal

A

Sphenovomer suture

Pharyngeal artery and nerve

29
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Greater Palatine canal

A

Palatine bone

Greater palatine artery and nerve

30
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Lesser palatine canal

A

Palatine bone

Lesser palatine artery and nerve

31
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Supraorbital notch

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Frontal

Supraorbital artery, vein, nerve

32
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Infraorbital foramen

A

Maxilla

Infraorbital artery, vein, nerve

33
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Anterior ethmoidal foramen

A

Frontal ethmoidal suture

Anterior ethmoidal artery, vein, nerve

34
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Posterior ethmoidal foramen

A

Frontal ethmoidal suture

Posterior ethmoidal artery, vein, nerve

35
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Nasolacrimal canal

A

Maxilla

Nasolacrimal duct

36
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Superior orbital fissure

A 
Sphenoid
CN III
CN IV
CN V1
CN VI
Superior ophthalmic vein
37
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Inferior orbital fissure

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Upper extent of sphenoid maxillary fissure
Infraorbital artery and nerve
Orbital and zygomatic nerves
Inferior ophthalmic vein

38
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Zygomaticofacial foramen

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Zygomatic

Zygomaticofacial artery, vein, nerve

39
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Zygomaticotemporal foramen

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zygomatic

Zygomaticofacial artery, vein, nerve

40
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Incisive canal

A

Maxilla
Nasopalatine nerve
Greater palatine artery

41
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Mandibular foramen

A

Mandible

inferior alveolar artery, vein, nerve

42
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Mental foramen

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Mandible

Mental artery, vein, nerve

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