Foramina of Skull Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Incisive fossa | Nasopalatine nerve, sphenopalatine vessels |
Greater palatine forament | Greater palatine nerve and vessels |
Lesser palatine foramen | Lesser palatine nerve and vessels |
Foramen lacerum | Greater petrosal nerve, deep petrosal nerve, internal carotid artery (all across upper portion) |
Pterygoid canal | Nerve of the pterygoid canal (greater and deep petrosal nerves), vessels of the pterygoid canal |
Foramen ovale | Mandibular nerve (V3), lesser petrossal nerve, accessory meningeal artery |
Foramen spinosum | Middle meningeal artery and vein, meingeal branch of V3 |
Carotid canal | Internal carotid artery and plexus |
Petrotympanic fissure | chorda tympani of facial nerve |
Stylomastroid foramen | Facial nerve |
Jugular fossa | CN IX, X, XI, Inferior petrosal sinus, internal jugular vein |
Hypoglossal canal | Hypoglossal nerve |
Foramen magnum | medulla oblongata/spinal cord, vertebral arteries and venous plexus, accessory nerve roots |
Nasal slit | anterior ethmoidal nerve and vessels |
anterior ethmoidal foramen | anterior ethmoidal nerve and vessels |
foramina of cribiform plate | olfactory nerve (I) |
posterior ethmoidal foramen | posterior ethmoidal nerve and vessels |
Optic canal | optic nerve (II), opthalmic artery |
superior orbital fissure | oculumotor nerve (III), trochlear nerve (IV), opthalmic nerve (VI) branches, abducens nerve (VI), superior opthalmic vein |
foramen rotundum | maxillary nerve (V2) |
Foramen ovale | madibular nerve (V3), lesser petrosal nerve, accessory meningeal artery |
Foramen spinosum | Middle meningeal artery and vein, meningeal branch of V3 |
Foramen lacerum | Not a true foramen (occluded by cartilage). Greater petrossal nerve, deep petrossal erve, and internal carotid artery PASS ACROSS upper end |
Carotid canal | internal carotid artery and plexus |
Hiatus of the greater petrosal nerve | greater petrosal nerve |
Hiatus of the lesser petrosal nerve | lesser petrosal nerve |
internal acoustic meatus | CN VII, VIII, labyrinthine artery |
Jugular foramen | CN IX, X, XI, inferior petrosal sinus, sigmoid sinus/internal jugular vein |
Hypoglossal canal | Hypoglossal nerve |
Foramen magnum | Medulla oblongata/spinl cord, vertebral arteries and venous plexus, accessory nerve roots |
Supraorbital notch/foramen | supraorbital nerve and vessels |
Infraorbital foramen | infraorbital nerve and vessels |
mental foramen | mental nerve and vessels |
superior orbital fissure | CN III, IV, VI branches, VI, superior opthalmic vein |
Inferior orbital fissure | Infraorbital nerve and vessels, zygomatic nerve, inferior opthalmic vein |
Infraorbital groove | Infraorbital nerve and vessels |
Optic canal | Optic nerve (II), opthalmic artery |
Mandibular foramen | inferior alveolar nerve and vessels |
Mental foramen | mental nerve and vessels |
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