Structures Passing through Holes

Question 0

Foramina of the cribiform plate (olfactory foramina)

Answer 0

Olfactory nerve bundles

Question 1

Posterior Ethmoidal Foramen

Answer 1

Posterior Ethmoidal nerve, artery and vein

Question 2

Optic Canal

Answer 2

Optic nerve (II)
Opthalmic artery

Question 3

Foramen Rotundum

Answer 3

Maxillary Nerve (V2)

Question 4

Superior Orbital Fissure

Answer 4

Oculomotor Nerve
Trochlear Nerve
Lacrimal, frontal and nasociliary branches of the Opthalmic nerve (V1)
Abducenn Nerve (VI)
Superior opthalmic vein

Question 5

Foramen Spinosum

Answer 5

Middle meningeal artery and vein

Meningeal branch of mandibular nerve

Question 6

Foramen Ovale

Answer 6

Mandibular nerve (V3)
Accessory meningeal artery

Question 7

Hiatus for lesser petrosal nerve

Answer 7

duh

Question 8

Carotid groove / canal

Answer 8

Internal carotid artery
Internal carotid autonomic plexus
Carotid Nerve

Question 9

Hiatus for Greater Petrosal Nerve

Answer 9

derp

Question 10

Internal Acoustic (Auditory) Meatus

Answer 10

Facial nerve (VII)
Vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)
Labyrinthine artery

Question 11

External opening of vestibular aqueduct

Answer 11

Endolymphatic duct

Question 12

Jugular Foramen

Answer 12

Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
Vagus nerve (X)
Accessory nerve (XI)
Internal Jugular vein

Question 13

Jugular Foramen

Answer 13

Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
Vagus nerve (X)
Accessory nerve (XI)
Internal Jugular Vein

Question 15

Incisive Fossa

Answer 15

Nasopalatine nerve, artery

Greater palatine artery

Question 16

Greater palatine foramen / canal

Answer 16

Greater palatine nerve and vessels

Question 17

Lesser palatine foramen / canal

Answer 17

Lesser palatine nerve and vessels

Question 18

Foramen lacerum

Answer 18

Nothing

Question 19

Mental Foramen

Answer 19

Inf. Alveolar n. a., v —-> Mental nerve, artery and vein

Question 20

Mylohyoid Groove

Answer 20

mylohyoid n.

Question 21

Mandibular Foramen

Answer 21

Inferior Alveolar nerve, artery and vein

Question 22

Mandibular Canal

Answer 22

Inferior Alveolar nerve, artery and vein

Question 23

Palatovaginal Canal

Answer 23

Pharyngeal branch of Maxillary n.

Question 24

Pterygoid Canal

Answer 24

Nerve of the Pterygoid Canal

Question 25

Petrotympanic Fissure

Answer 25

Chorda Tympani n. —> Lingual n.

Question 26

Occipital groove (on the mastoid process of temporal bone)

Answer 26

occipital artery

Question 27

Inferior Orbital fissure

Answer 27

Zygomatic nerve

Question 28

Infraorbital groove / canal

Answer 28

Infraorbital nerve, artery and vein

Question 29

Sphenopalatine foramen

Answer 29

Posterior Superior Nasal n.

Sphenopalatine artery and vein

Question 30

Pterygomaxillary Fissure

Answer 30

Posterior superior alveolar n.

Infraorbital, sphenopalatine & greater palatine artery and vein

Question 31

Greater palatine canal

Answer 31

Greater palatine nerve artery and vein

Question 32

Stylomastoid Foramen

Answer 32

Facial Nerve !!! (VII) (muscular branches)

Question 33

Groove for Middle Meningeal artery

Answer 33

hmm, let me think about this one for a minute…

Question 34

Supraorbital Notch or Foramen

Answer 34

Supraorbital nerve, artery and vein

Question 35

Anterior Ethmoidal Foramen

Answer 35

Anterior ethmoidal nerve, artery and vein

Question 36

What is the tegmen tympanii

Answer 36

Sliver of bone seen in the squamotympanic fissure…sort of

Question 37

Where is the squamotympanic fissure

Answer 37

just post. to the mandibular fossa of the temporal bone…

Question 38

Internal Auditory Meatus

Answer 38

Facial nerve !!!
vestibulocochlear nerve
Labyrinthine artery…sure.