General Questions

Question 1

Pits on internal aspect near the sagittal suture on the parietal bone is formed by arachnoid granulations are called?

Answer 1

Granular fovea

Question 2

Grooves formed by the _____ artery on the internal aspect of the parietal bone.

Answer 2

Middle meningeal artery

Question 3

What passes through mandibular foramen?

Answer 3

Inferior alveolar nerve and artery

Question 4

What passes through Mental foramen?

Answer 4

Mental nerve and artery

Question 5

What passes through Stylomastoid foramen?

Answer 5

Facial nerve (CN VII)

Question 6

What passes through Hypoglossal canal?

Answer 6

Hypoglossal nerve (CN XII)

Question 7

What passes through Foramen magnum?

Answer 7

• spinal cord and meninges
• spinal portion of accessory nerves (CN XI)
• vertebral arteries

Question 8

What passes through Supraorbital notches/foramina?

Answer 8

Supraorbital nerve and artery

Can be more specific

Question 9

What passes through Foramina rotundum?

Answer 9

Maxillary nerve (CN V2 of trigeminal nerve)

Question 10

What passes through Foramina ovale?

Answer 10

• mandibular nerve (CN V3 of trigeminal nerve)

- accessory meningeal artery

Question 11

What passes through Foramen spinosum?

Answer 11

• middle meningeal artery

- recurrent meningeal branch of V3

Question 12

What passes through Ethmoid foramina?

Answer 12

• anterior and posterior ethmoidal nerves and arteries

Question 13

What passes through Superior orbital fissures (SOF)?

Answer 13

• ophthalmic vein
• oculomotor nerve (CN III)
• trochlear nerve (CN IV)
• abducent nerve (CN VI)
• ophthalmic nerve (CN V1 of trigeminal nerve)

Question 14

What passes through the Optic canal?

Answer 14

• ophthalmic artery

- optic nerve (CN II)

Question 15

What passes through the Olfactory foramina of cribriform plate?

Answer 15

Olfactory nerves (CNI)

Question 16

What structures pass OVER, NOT through the foramina lacerum?

Answer 16

• internal carotid artery

- internal carotid plexus

Question 17

What passes through Pterygomaxillary fissure?

Answer 17

Maxillary artery

Question 18

What passes through Inferior orbital fissure?

Answer 18

Infraorbital nerve and artery

Question 19

Inferior orbital fissure is an result of what? (That formed this fissure)

Answer 19

Maxillary, zygomatic, and sphenoid bones disunion

Question 20

What passes through the Carotid canal?

Answer 20

• internal carotid artery

- carotid plexus

Question 21

What passes through the Internal acoustic meatus?

Answer 21

• facial nerve (CN VII)
• vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
• labyrinthine/acoustic artery

Question 22

What passes through the Petrotympanic fissure?

Answer 22

Chorda tympani nerve

Question 23

What passes through the Jugular foramen?

Answer 23

• sigmoid sinus
• inferior petrosal sinus (or joining of these 2 veins to drain into internal jugular vein)
• glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
• vagus nerve (CN X)
• spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)

Question 24

The Jugular foramen is an result of what? (What formed this foramen)

Answer 24

Temporal and occipital bones disunion

Question 25

What passes through the Superior alveolar foramen

Answer 25

Posterior superior alveolar nerve and artery

Question 26

What passes through the Greater palatine foramen?

Answer 26

Greater palatine nerve and artery

Question 27

What passes through the Lesser palatine foramen?

Answer 27

Lesser palatine nerve and artery

Question 28

What passes through the Incisive canal (foramen)?

Answer 28

- nasopalatine nerve and greater palatine nerve | - septal artery and greater palatine artery

Question 29

What passes through the Sphenopalatine foramen?

Answer 29

- sphenopalatine artery - nasopalatine nerve - lateral nasal nerve

Question 30

What passes through the Palatine canal?

Answer 30

- descending/greater palatine artery - greater palatine nerve - lesser palatine nerve

Question 31

Frontal crest of the frontal bone is an attachment site for?

Answer 31

Falx cerebri (Dura fold)

Question 32

Trochlear nerve will attach to what part of the frontal bone?

Answer 32

Superior medial orbit

Question 33

Indentation superior lateral orbit of the frontal bone formed by lacrimal gland is?

Answer 33

Lacrimal fossa

Question 34

What is temporal bone made up of? (4 parts)

Answer 34

- Squamous (broad, flat surface) - Petrous (Middle and Inner ear) - Tympanic (External auditory meatus) - Mastoid (Sternocleidomastoid m. attachment, air cells).