Cranial Foramina: Contents

Question 1

Foramen cecum

Answer 1

Emissary v.

Question 2

Greater palatine foramina

Answer 2

Greater palatine NAV

Question 3

Lesser palatine foramina

Answer 3

Lesser palatine NAV

Question 4

Incisive canal

Answer 4

Nasopalatine n.

Question 5

Supraorbital foramina / notches

Answer 5

Supraorbital NAV

Question 6

Infraorbital foramina

Answer 6

Infraorbital NAV

Question 7

Optic canals

Answer 7

Optic n. (CN II)

Ophthalmic a.

Question 8

Superior orbital fissures

Answer 8

Oculomotor n. (CN III)
Trochlear n. (CN IV)
Ophthalmic n. (CN V1)
Abducens n. (CN VI)

Question 9

Inferior orbital fissures

Answer 9

Infraorbital AV

Question 10

Foramina rotundum

Answer 10

Maxillary n. (CN V2)

Question 11

Foramina ovale

Answer 11

Mandibular n. (CN V3)

Question 12

Foramina spinosum

Answer 12

Middle meningeal a. and v.(?)

Question 13

Foramina lacerum

Answer 13

Greater petrosal n.

Deep petrosal n.

Question 14

Internal acoustic meatus

Answer 14

Facial n. (CN VII)

Vestibulocochlear n. (CN VIII)

Question 15

Stylomastoid foramina

Answer 15

Facial n. (CN VII)

Question 16

Jugular foramina

Answer 16

Internal jugular vein
Glossopharyngeal n. (CN IX)
Vagus n. (CN X)
Accessory n. (CN XI)

Question 17

Foramen magnum

Answer 17

Medulla oblongata
Vertebral aa.
Spinal accessory nn.

Question 18

Mandibular foramina

Answer 18

Inferior alveolar NAV

Question 19

Mental foramina

Answer 19

Mental NAV