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25 Cards in this Set
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Supra-orbital foramen
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frontal bone
connects orbit and forehead supra-orbital nerve, artery and vein |
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Infra-orbital foramen
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maxillary bone
connects orbit and face infra-orbital nerve, artery and vein |
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Mental foramen
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mandible bone
connects mandibular canal to face mental nerve, artery and vein |
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Zygomaticofacial foramen
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zygomatic bone
connects orbit and face zygomaticofascial nerve |
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Parietal foramen
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parietal bone on either side of suture
connects diploe to scalp emissary veins (to the dural venous sinus) |
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Incisive foramen
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maxilla bone
connects nasal cavity with oral cavity neopalatine nerve, sphenopalatine artery and vein |
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Greater palatine foramen
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between palatine and maxilla bone
connects pterygopalatine fossa and oral cavity greater palatine nerve, artery and vein |
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Lesser palatine foramina
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palatine bone
connects pterygopalatine fossa and oral cavity lesser palatine nerves, arteries and veins |
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Pterygoid canal
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sphenoid bone
connects skull base to pterygopalatine fossa pterygoid nerve, artery and vein |
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Foramen ovale
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sphenoid bone
connects middle cranial fossa and infratemporal fossa mandibular nerve V3, lesser petrosal nerve |
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Foramen spinosum
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sphenoid bone
connects middle cranial fossa and intratemporal fossa middle meningeal artery and meningeal branch of V3 |
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Foramen lacerum
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between sphenoid, temporal and occipital bones
opening of carotid canal in middle cranial fossa cartilage and greater petrosal nerve |
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Carotid canal
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temporal bone
connects base of skull to middle cranial fossa internal carotid artery and nerve plexus |
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Foramen magnum
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occipital bone
connects posterior cranial fossa and vertebral canal spinal cord, vertebral arteries, veins, nerve plexuses, anterior and posterior spinal arteries, [XI] roots, meninges |
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Condylar canal
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occipital bone
emissary veins and meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery |
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Hypoglossal canal
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occipital bone
connects posterior cranial fossa and base of skull hypoglossal nerve [XII] artery and vein, meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery |
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Jugular foramen
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temporal and occipital bones
connects posterior cranial fossa to base of skull internal jugular vein, nerve IX, X and XI, sigmoid and inferior petrosal sinuses, posterior meningeal artery |
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Stylomastoid foramen
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temporal bone
connects internal auditory meatus to base of skull facial nerve VII |
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Foramen caecum
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frontal bone (top of ethmoid bone)
emissary vein to nasal cavity |
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Olfactory foramina
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cribiform plate
olfactory nerves [I] |
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Optic canal
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sphenoid bone
optic nerve [II] and ophthalmic artery |
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Superior orbital fissure
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sphenoid bone
oculomotor nerve [III], trochlear nerve [IV], ophthalmic division V1, abducent nerve [VI], ophthalmic veins |
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Hiatus for greater petrosal nerve
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temporal bone
greater petrosal nerve |
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Hiatus for lesser petrosal nerve
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temporal bone
lesser petrosal nerve |
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Internal acoustic meatus
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temporal bone
VII, VIII, labyrinthine artery |
