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Skull Foramina and what they transmit Flashcards

1
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Cribriform Plate

A

Ethmoid bone

transmits CNI

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Anterior Ethmoidal Foramen

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Anterior ethmoidal VAN

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Posterior Ethmoidal Foramen

A

Posterior ethmoidal VAN

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Optic Canal

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Sphenoid bone

transmits CNII and Ophthalmic artery

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Superior Orbital Fissure

A

CNIII CNIV CNV, CNV1 CNVI and superior ophthalmic vein

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Foramen Rotundum

A

CNV2

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Foramen Ovale

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CNV3, accessory meningeal artery

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Foramen Spinosum

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Middle meningeal artery, recurrent meningeal nerve of CNV3

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Foramen Lacerum

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Spehnoid, temporal, occipital bones

transmitting meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

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Hiatus for greater petrosal nerve

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Temporal bone

transmits greater petrosal nerve of CNVII, petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery

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Hiatus for lesser petrosal nerve

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temporal bone, transmits lesser petrosal nerve of CNIX

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Internal acoustic meatus

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CNVII, CNVIII, internal labyrinthine artery

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Jugular Foramen

A

Petrooccipital fissure
Transmits CNIX CNX CNXI, sigmoid sinus, inferior petrosal sinus, posterior meningeal branches of occipital and ascending pharyngeal arteries

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Foramen Magnum

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Occipital bone

spinal cord, spinal roots of CNXI and vertebral arteries

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Hypoglossal canal

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Occipital bone

Anterior/posterior spinal arteries, dural veins, CNXII, posterior meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

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Petrotympanic Fissure

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Temporal bone

chorda tympani of CNVII

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Stylomastoid Foramen

A

Temporal bone

SVE of CNVII

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Carotid Canal

A

Temporal bone

Internal carotid artery, sympathetic plexus

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Tympanic canaliculus

A

Temporal bone

Tympanic branch of CNIX

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Mastoid Canaliculus

A

Temporal bone

Auricular branch of CNX

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Sphenomaxillary fissure

A

3rd portion of Maxillary artery

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Pterygopalatine Fossa

A

3rd portion of maxillary artery, pterygopalatine ganglion

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Sphenopalatine foramen

A

Sphenopalatine artery, nasopalatine nerve, posterior superior lateral nasal nerve

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Pterygoid canal

A

sphenoid bone

nerve and artery of pterygoid canal

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Greater palatine canal

A

palatine bone

greater palatine artery and nerve

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Lesser palatine canal

A

Palatine bone

lesser palatine artery and nerve

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Supraorbital notch

A

Frontal bone

Supraorbital VAN

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Infraorbital foramen

A

Maxilla

infraorbital VAN

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Anterior ethmoidal foramen

A

frontal ethmoidal suture

anterior ethmoidal VAN

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Posterior ethmoidal foramen

A

frontal ethmoidal suture

Posterior ethmoidal VAN

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Nasolacrimal canal

A

Maxilla

nasolacrimal duct

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Inferior orbital fissure

A

infraorbital nerve, orbital and zygomatic nerves, inferior ophthalmic veins

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zygomaticofacial foramen

A

zygomatic bone

zygomaticofacial VAN

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Incisive canal

A

maxilla

nasopalatine nerve, greater palatine artery

35
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mandibular foramen

A

mandible

inferior alveolar artery and nerve

36
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Mental foramen

A

mandible

mental artery

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