Structures through cranial holes

Question 1

mental foramen

Answer 1

mental nerve, artery, vein

Question 2

incisive fossa

Answer 2

nasopalatine nerve and artery

greater palatine artery

Question 3

mandibular foramen

Answer 3

inferior alveolar nerve

inferior alveolar artery and vein

Question 4

mylohyoid groove

Answer 4

mylohyoid nerve

Question 5

foramen magnum

Answer 5

spinal cord
vertebral artery & vein
accessory nerve (XI)

Question 6

hypoglossal canal

Answer 6

hypoglossal nerve (XII)

Question 7

jugular foramen

Answer 7

internal jugular vein
glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
vagus nerve (X)
accessory nerve (XI)

Question 8

sulcus chiasmatis

Answer 8

optic chiasm

Question 9

optic canal

Answer 9

optic nerve (II)
opthalmic artery

Question 10

hypophyseal fossa

Answer 10

pituitary gland

Question 11

carotid groove/canal

Answer 11

internal carotid artery

carotid nerve

Question 12

foramen rotundum

Answer 12

maxillary nerve (V)

Question 13

foramen ovale

Answer 13

mandibular nerve (V)
accessory meningeal artery

Question 14

foramen spinosum

Answer 14

middle meningeal artery

meningeal branch of mandibular nerve (V)

Question 15

superior orbital fissure

Answer 15

ophthalmic nerve (V)
oculomotor nerve (III)
trochlear nerve (IV)
abducens nerve (VI) 
ophthalmic vein

Question 16

pterygoid canal

Answer 16

nerve of the pterygoid canal

Question 17

petrotympanic fissure

Answer 17

chorda tympani nerve

Question 18

occipital groove

Answer 18

occipital artery

Question 19

sigmoid sulcus

Answer 19

sigmoid sinus

Question 20

internal auditory meatus

Answer 20

facial nerve (VII)
VIII

Question 21

tympanic canaliculus

Answer 21

tympanic nerve

Question 22

groove for the superior petrosal sinus

Answer 22

superior petrosal sinus

Question 23

stylomastoid foramen

Answer 23

facial nerve (VII)

Question 24

groove for the superior sagittal sinus

Answer 24

superior sagittal sinus

Question 25

grooves for middle meningeal artery

Answer 25

middle meningeal artery

Question 26

supraorbital foramen

Answer 26

supraorbital nerve, artery, vein

Question 27

anterior ethmoidal foramen

Answer 27

anterior ethmoidal nerve, artery, vein

Question 28

posterior ethmoidal foramen

Answer 28

posterior ethmoidal nerve, artery, vein

Question 29

olfactory foramina (cribriform plate)

Answer 29

olfactory nerve (I)

Question 30

infraorbital foramen

Answer 30

infraorbital nerve, artery, vein

Question 31

alveolar canals

Answer 31

superior alveolar nerve, artery, vein

Question 32

infraorbital groove/canal

Answer 32

infraorbital nerve, artery, vein

Question 33

greater palatine canal

Answer 33

greater palatine nerve, artery, vein

Question 34

nasolacrimal canal

Answer 34

nasolacrimal duct

Question 35

lesser palatine canal

Answer 35

lesser palatine nerve, artery, vein

Question 36

sphenopalatine foramen

Answer 36

sphenopalatine artery and vein | posterior superior nasal nerve

Question 37

inferior orbital fissure

Answer 37

zygomatic nerve

Question 38

pterygomaxillary fissure

Answer 38

posterior superior alveolar nerve infraorbital artery and vein sphenopalatine artery and vein greater palatine artery and vein

Question 39

groove for the vertebral artery (atlas)

Answer 39

vertebral artery and vein | suboccipital nerve

Question 40

transverse foramen (atlas)

Answer 40

vertebral artery and vein

Question 41

vertebral notch (axis)

Answer 41

C3 spinal nerve

Question 42

mandibular notch

Answer 42

nerve and artery to masseter muscle

Question 43

hiatus for the greater petrosal nerve

Answer 43

greater petrosal nerve

Question 44

hiatus for the lesser petrosal nerve

Answer 44

lesser petrosal nerve

Question 45

palatovaginal canal

Answer 45

pharyngeal branch of the maxillary n.