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Skull Foraminae Flashcards

1
Q

What are the foraminae in the ethmoid bone?

A

Foraminae of cribiform plate

Anterior and posterior ethmoidal foraminae

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What are the foraminae in the sphenoid bone?

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Optic canal
Superior orbital fissure
Foramen rotundum
Foramen ovale
Foramen spinosum
Foramen lacerum
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What are the foraminae found in the palatine bone?

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Greater palatine foramen

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What is the foramina found in the palatine and maxilla bones?

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Lesser palatine foramen

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What are the foraminae found in the temporal bone?

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Internal acoustic meatus
Jugular foramen
Stylomastoid foramen
Carotid canal

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What are the foraminae found in the occipital bone?

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Hypoglossal canal

Foramen magnum

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What goes through the foramina of cribiform plate

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Olfactory nerve bundles

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What goes through the anterior and posterior ethmoidal foramen, respectively?

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Anterior ethmoidal artery
Anterior ethmoidal vein
Anterior ethmoidal nerve

And posterior etc.

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What goes through the optical canal?

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Opthalmic artery

Optic nerve

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What nerves go through the superior orbital fissure?

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Occulomotor nerve
Trochlear nerve
Abducent nerve

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What are the branches of the ophthalmic nerve? (3)

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Nasocillary
Frontal
Lacrimal

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What goes through the foramen rotundum?

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Maxillary nerve

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What goes through the greater palatine foramen?

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Greater palatine artery, vein and nerve

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What goes through the foramen ovale?

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Mandibular nerve

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What goes through the foramen spinosum?

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Middle meningeal artery

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What goes through the internal acoustic meatus?

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Labyrinthine artery
Facial nerve
Vestibulocochlear nerve

17
Q

What goes through the jugular foramen?

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Internal jugular vein
Sigmoid sinus
Occipital artery
Glossopharyngeal nerve
Vagus nerve
Accessory nerve
18
Q

What goes through the hypoglossal canal?

A

Hypoglossal nerve

19
Q

What goes through the foramen magnum?

A

Anterior and posterior spinal arteries
Vertebral arteries
Lowest part of medulla oblongata

20
Q

What goes through the stylomastoid foramen?

A

Stylomastoid artery

Facial nerve

21
Q

What is the sigmoid sinus?

A

One of the dural venous sinuses that collect venous blood from veins that drain the brain and skull and drain it to the internal jugular vein

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