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1
Q

What artery supplies most of the dura?

A

Middle meningeal artery

2
Q

Where does the middle meningeal artery branch from?

A

Maxillary branch of the external carotid

3
Q

Through which foramen does the middle meningeal artery enter the skull?

A

Foreman spinosum

4
Q

What travels through the foreman magnum?

A

Brainstem
Spinal part of CN XI
Vertebral arteries
Meningies

5
Q

What travels through the cribiform plate?

A

CN I - olfactory

6
Q

What travels through the superior orbital fissure?

A
Lacrimal (V1)
Frontal (V1)
CN IV - Trochlear 
CN III - Superior 
Nasal (V1)
CN III - Inferior
CN VI - Abducens
Superior opthalmic vein
7
Q

What travels through the optic canal?

A

CN II - optic

Opthalmic artery

8
Q

What travels through foreman rotundum?

A

V2 - Maxillary division of trigeminal

9
Q

What travels through the foreman ovale?

A

V3 - Mandibular division of trigeminal

Lesser petrosal nerve - CN IX parasypathetic innervation to the parotid gland

10
Q

What travels through the foreman lacerum?

A

Filled with cartilage

11
Q

What travels through the jugular foreman?

A

Internal jugular vein
CN IX
CN X
CN XI

12
Q

What travels through the internal acoustic meatus?

A

CN VII - Stapedious muscle innervation

CN VIII - Vestibulocochlear

13
Q

What travels through the hypoglossal canal?

A

CN XII - Hypoglossal

14
Q

What travels through the condylar canal?

A

Emissary veins

15
Q

What travels through the stylomastoid foreman?

A

CN VII - facial nerve