The Head- Lesson Check Questions Flashcards
The vestibulocochlear nerve passes through the posterior cranial fossa. What provides passage of this structure?
A. Internal acoustic meatus
B. foramen magnum
C. hypoglossal canal
D. jugular foramen
A. internal acoustic meatus
Olfactory axons of cranial nerve I pass through the anterior cranial fossa. What provides passage of this structure?
A. Cribiforom plate
B. foramen cecum
C. foramen locerum
D. superior orbital fissue
A. Cribiforom plate
A fissure exists between the anterior and middle cranial fossa. Which structure within this fissure is most inferior?
A. Abducens nerve
B. superior division of oculomotor nerve
C. superior ophthalmic vein
D. trochlear nerve
A, Abducens nerve
The greater petrosal nerve passes through the middle cranial fossa. What provides passage of this structure?
A. foramen lacerum
B. foramen ovale
C. foramen rotundum
D. foramen spinosum
A. foramen lacerum
