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Skull foramina
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- 1What passes through the internal acoustic meatus in the temporal bone?Facial nerve (CNVII), vestibulocochlear nerve (CNVIII) and the labyrinthine artery
- 2What structures pass through the foramen magnum?Medulla oblongata, accessory nerve (CNXI), vertebral arteries, dural veins and anterior and posterior spinal arteries
- 3What nerves pass through the jugular foramen?Glossopharyngeal (CNIX), Vagus (CNX) and Spinal accessory nerve (CNXI)
- 4What arteries and veins pass through the jugular foramen?superior bulb of the internal jugular vein, inferior petrosal and sigmoid sinuses AND meningeal branches of ascending pharyngeal and occipital arteries
- 5What nerves pass through the inferior orbital fissure?Zygomatic and infra-orbital nerves (CNV2) and branches of the pterygopalatine ganglion
- 6What bones make up the infra orbital fissure?sphenoid and maxilla
- 7What nerve passes through the carotid canal?Internal carotid nerve plexus
- 8What foramen are found in the sphenoid bone?Foramen rotundum, ovale, spinosum, optic canal and superior orbital fissure
- 9What nerve passes through the foramen spinosum?Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve (CNV3)
- 10What structures pass through the superior orbital fissure?Lacrimal, nasociliary and frontal nerves (CNV1), Occulomotor (CNIII), Trochlear (CNIV), Abducent (CNVI) and ophthalmic vein
- 11What bones make up the foramen lacerum?Occipital, temporal and sphenoid
- 12In which bone is the stylomastoid foramen located?In the temporal bone (just medial to the mastoid process and posterior to the styloid process)
- 13In which bone is the supraorbital FORAMEN?Frontal bone (just lateral to the supraorbital notch- it transmits the supraorbital nerve, artery and vein)
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- Year 2 anatomy Flashcards on Skull foramina, created by reynoldslaura on 26/12/2013.
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