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30 Cards in this Set
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Supraorbital foramen transmits
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supraorbital artery from ophthalmic artery
supraorbital nerve from V1 |
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Infraorbital foramen transmits
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infraorbital nerve from V2 (ie con't of maxillary nerve)
infraorbital vessels |
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Mental foramen transmits
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mental nerve from V3
mental vessels |
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Lacrimal foramen transmits
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communicating artery between middle meningeal and lacrimal arteries
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Superior orbital fissue transmits
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CN 3 (occulomotor)
CN 4 (trochlear) CN 5.1 (ophthalmic branch) CN 6 (abducen) sympathetic plexus orbital branch of middle meningeal artery recurrent branch of lacrimal artery superior ophthalmic vein |
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Inferior orbital fissue transmits
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CN 5.2 (maxillary nerve)
zygomatic nerve infraorbital vessels communicating branch from inferior ophthalmic vein |
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Zygomaticofacial foramen transmits
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zygomaticofacial nerve
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Anterior ethmoid foramen transmits
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nasociliary nerve
anterior ethmoidal vessels |
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Posterior ethmoid foramen transmits
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posterior ethmoidal vessels
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Optic canal transmits
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optic nerve
ophthalmic artery |
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Infraorbital canal connects
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to the infraorbital foramen, and transmits the intraorbital nerve (maxillary nerve V2) and vessels.
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Juncture of sutures, anterior and posterior are called
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bregma: sagittal and coronal sutures (anterior)
lambda: sagittal and lamboidal sutures (posterior) |
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Nasolacrimal foramen transmits
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tears
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Tympanomastoid fissue transmits
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auricular nerve of X
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Foramen ovale transmits
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mandibular nerve V3
accessory meningeal vessels |
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Foramen spinosum transmits
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recurrent branch of V3
middle meningeal vessels |
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Pterygoid canal transmits
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nerve, artery, vein of pterygoid canal
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Crista galli lies
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anterior to cribriform plate
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Cribriform plate transmits
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olfactory nerves
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Foramen cecum transmits
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small vein between nasal cavity and superior sagittal sinus
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Parts of sella turcica
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Chiasmatic groove, tuberculum sellae, hypophyseal fossa, anterior, middle, and posterior clinoid process, dorsum sellae, clivus
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Foramen rotundum transmits
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maxillary nerve V2
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Foramen Vesalii transmits
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vein between cavernous sinus and pterygoid plexus
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Foramen lacerum transmits
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greater petrosal nerve (often)
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Carotid canal transmits
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internal carotid artery
sympathetic plexus of nerves |
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Internal acoustic meatus transmits
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CN 7 (facial)
CN 8 (acoustic) internal auditory artery |
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Jugular foramen transmits
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inferior petrosal sinus
meningeal arteries CN 9 (glossopharyneal) CN 10 (vagus) CN 11 (spinal accessory) |
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Hypoglossal canal transmits
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CN 12 (hypoglossal)
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Condyloid canal transmits
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emissary vein
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Foramen magnum transmits
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medulla oblongata
meninges CN 11 (spinal accessory) vertebral arteries anterior spinal arteries posterior spinal arteries alar ligaments |
