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Flashcards by reynoldslaura, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by reynoldslaura
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| Question | Answer |
| What passes through the internal acoustic meatus in the temporal bone? | Facial nerve (CNVII), vestibulocochlear nerve (CNVIII) and the labyrinthine artery |
| What structures pass through the foramen magnum? | Medulla oblongata, accessory nerve (CNXI), vertebral arteries, dural veins and anterior and posterior spinal arteries |
| What nerves pass through the jugular foramen? | Glossopharyngeal (CNIX), Vagus (CNX) and Spinal accessory nerve (CNXI) |
| What arteries and veins pass through the jugular foramen? | superior bulb of the internal jugular vein, inferior petrosal and sigmoid sinuses AND meningeal branches of ascending pharyngeal and occipital arteries |
| What nerves pass through the inferior orbital fissure? | Zygomatic and infra-orbital nerves (CNV2) and branches of the pterygopalatine ganglion |
| What bones make up the infra orbital fissure? | sphenoid and maxilla |
| What nerve passes through the carotid canal? | Internal carotid nerve plexus |
| What foramen are found in the sphenoid bone? | Foramen rotundum, ovale, spinosum, optic canal and superior orbital fissure |
| What nerve passes through the foramen spinosum? | Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve (CNV3) |
| What structures pass through the superior orbital fissure? | Lacrimal, nasociliary and frontal nerves (CNV1), Occulomotor (CNIII), Trochlear (CNIV), Abducent (CNVI) and ophthalmic vein |
| What bones make up the foramen lacerum? | Occipital, temporal and sphenoid |
| In which bone is the stylomastoid foramen located? | In the temporal bone (just medial to the mastoid process and posterior to the styloid process) |
| In which bone is the supraorbital FORAMEN? | Frontal bone (just lateral to the supraorbital notch- it transmits the supraorbital nerve, artery and vein) |
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