What artery supplies most of the dura?
Middle meningeal artery
Where does the middle meningeal artery branch from?
Maxillary branch of the external carotid
Through which foramen does the middle meningeal artery enter the skull?
Foreman spinosum
What travels through the foreman magnum?
Brainstem
Spinal part of CN XI
Vertebral arteries
Meningies
What travels through the cribiform plate?
CN I - olfactory
What travels through the superior orbital fissure?
Lacrimal (V1) Frontal (V1) CN IV - Trochlear CN III - Superior Nasal (V1) CN III - Inferior CN VI - Abducens Superior opthalmic vein
What travels through the optic canal?
CN II - optic
Opthalmic artery
What travels through foreman rotundum?
V2 - Maxillary division of trigeminal
What travels through the foreman ovale?
V3 - Mandibular division of trigeminal
Lesser petrosal nerve - CN IX parasypathetic innervation to the parotid gland
What travels through the foreman lacerum?
Filled with cartilage
What travels through the jugular foreman?
Internal jugular vein
CN IX
CN X
CN XI
What travels through the internal acoustic meatus?
CN VII - Stapedious muscle innervation
CN VIII - Vestibulocochlear
What travels through the hypoglossal canal?
CN XII - Hypoglossal
What travels through the condylar canal?
Emissary veins
What travels through the stylomastoid foreman?
CN VII - facial nerve
