Intro to skull Flashcards
(20 cards)
CN I goes through?
Cribriform Plate
CN II goes through
Optic Canal
The second branch of the Trigeminal Nerve (V2) goes through?
Foramen rotundum as well as the inferior orbital fissure, groove, and canal before exiting the infra orbital foramen
What goes through the superior orbital fissure?
CN III, CN IV, CN VI, CN V1
The third branch of the Trigeminal Nerve (V3) goes through?
Foramen Ovale
The middle meningeal artery goes through?
Foramen Spinosum
The internal carotid artery goes through?
Carotid Canal
What two nerves go through the internal acoustic meatus?
CN VII and CN VIII
Where does CN VII exit?
at the stylomastoid foramen to innervate the face
What nerves go through the jugular canal?
CN IX, CN X , and CN XI
CN XII goes through what?
Hypoglossal Canal
Emissary veins go through which openings?
Foramen Cecum, Parietal foramen, and the condylar canal
The mental nerve is a branch of which nerve?
Mandibular Nerve V3 (third part of Trigeminal Nerve)
What goes through the mental foramen in the mandible?
Mental Nerve (branch of V3), artery, and Vein
What goes through the mandibular foramen?
Inferior Alveolar v/n/a
What goes through the greater palatine foramen?
Greater palatine n/a/v
What goes through the lesser palatine foramen?
Lesser Palatine n/a/v
Foramen ovale goes to the ?
infra temporal fossa
The foramen rotundum goes to the?
pterygopalatine fossa
What runs in the pterion?
Middle meningeal artery
