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Skull Foramen/structure going through it Flashcards

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Supraorbital foramen

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Supraorbital nerve (Branch of Opthalmic Nerve V1)

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Infraorbital foramen

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Infraorbital nerve (Branch of maxillary nerve V2)

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Foramen cecum

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Emissary vein to superior sagittal sinus

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Jugular foramen

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(9,10,11)
Glossopharyngeal nerve (CN IX)
Vagus nerve (CN X)
Accessory nerve (CN XI)
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Hypoglossal canal

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Hypoglossal nerve

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Foramen magnum

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Accessory nerve, vertebral arteries, spinal cord/medulla

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Internal auditory meatus

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(7,8)
Facial nerve (CN VII)
Vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII)
Labyrinthine artery
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Carotid canal

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Internal carotid artery

Postganglionic sympathetic fibers

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Stylomastoid foramen

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Facial nerve (CN VII)

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Foramen rotundum

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Maxillary nerve (V2)

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Foramen spinosum

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Middle meningeal artery (you can trace the arterial tree out of this foramen)

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Parietal foramen (some skulls don’t have this)

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Emissary vein

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Foramen lacerum

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Filled with cartilage during life

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Foramen ovale

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Mandibular nerve (V3)

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Superior orbital fissure

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Opthalmic nerve (V1) & (3,4,6)
Oculomotor nerve (CN III)
Trochlear nerve (CN IV)
Abducens nerve (CN VI)
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Mental foramen

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Mental nerve (branch of mandibular V3)

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Optic canal (foramen)

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Optic nerve

Opthalmic artery

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Sphenopalatine foramen

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Sphenopalatine artery

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Incisive canal

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Nasopalatine nerve

Sphenopalatine vessels

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Lacrimal fossa

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Lacrimal duct (tears drain into nose)

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Greater palatine foramen

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Greater palatine vessels and nerve

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Lesser palatine foramen

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Lesser palatine vessels and nerve

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Mandibular foramen

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Inferior alveolar vessels and nerve (V3)

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