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foramen
openings of skull and what goes through them
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Anatomy
Graduate
03/10/2010

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anterior ethmoidal foramen
Definition
anterior ethmoid nerves and vessels
Term
carotid canal
Definition

internal carotid artery

deep petrousal nerve

other postganglionice sympathetics (carotid plexus)

Term
cribiform canal
Definition
olfactory nerves
Term
facial canal
Definition
facial nerve proper
Term
foramen cecum
Definition

emissary vein from nasal cavity to superior sagital sinus

*emissary means to connect two things*

Term
foramen lacerum
Definition

meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

emissary vein from pterygoid venous plexus

greater superficial petrousal nerve

deep petrousal nerve from carotid plexus

Term
foramen magnum
Definition

junction of spinal cord and brainstem

anterior and posterior spinal arteries and veins

tectorial membrane

apical ligament

spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)

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foramen ovale
Definition

O-otic ganglion

V-V3 (mandibular branch of CN V)

A-accessory meningeal artery

L-lesser petrosal

E-emissary veins

Term
foramen rotundum
Definition
V2 (maxillary branch of CN V)
Term
foramen spinosum
Definition

middle meningeal artery

recurrent branch of mandibular nerve

Term
foramen Vesalii
Definition
emissary vein from pterygoid venous plexus
Term
greater palatine foramen
Definition

anterior/greater palatine nerves and vessels

posterior/lesser palatine nerves and vessels.

 

*these are branches of the pterygopalatine or descending palatine nerves and vessels*

Term
hiatus of the facial (greater superficial petrosal canal)
Definition

*hiatus means fissure*

greater superficial petrosal nerve and petrosal branches of middle meningeal artery

Term
hypoglossal canal
Definition
hypoglossal nerve and meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery
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incisive (nasopalatine) canal
Definition
nasopalatine brances of descending palatine nerves and vessels
Term
inferior orbital (sphenomaxillary) fissure
Definition

maxillary nerve branches

zygomatic infraorbital

lacrimal branch of greater petrosal nerve

infraorbital vessels

Term
interior tympanic canaliculus
Definition

typmanic branch of glossopharyneal nearve (will become lesser petrosal)

tympanic branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

Term
infraorbital foramen
Definition

infraorbital branch of maxillary nerve

infraorbital vessels

Term
internal acoustic meatus
Definition

vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII)

facial nerve (CN VII)

internal auditory branch of basical artery

Term
jugular foramen
Definition

internal jugular vein

glosspharyngeal nerve (CN IX)

vagus nerve (CN X)

spinal accessory nerve (CN XI)

 

Term
mandibular (inferior alveolar) foramen
Definition
inferior alveolar nerves adn vessels
Term
mastoid foramen
Definition

mastoid branch of occipital artery

emmmissary vein

Term
mental foramen
Definition
mastoid branch of occipital arteryh and emissary vein
Term
mastoid canaliculus (tympanomastoid fissure)
Definition
auricular branch of vagus nerve
Term
mental foramen
Definition
mental nerves and vessels
Term
nasolacrimal canal
Definition
tear duct
Term
optic foramen
Definition

optic nerve

ophthalmic artery

central retinal artery

Term
parietal foramen
Definition
emmisary vein
Term
petrotympanic (squamotympanic) fissure
Definition
chorda tympanic branch of the facial nerve
Term
pharyngeal canals (along w vomerovaginal canals)
Definition

pharyngeal branch of maxillary artery

pharyngeal branches of greater petrosal nerve

Term
posterior condylar canal
Definition

emissary vein

meningeal branch of occipital artery

Term
posterior ethmoidal foramen
Definition
posterior ethmoidal nerve and vessels
Term
posterior superior alveolar (maxillary) foramen
Definition
posterior superior alveolar nerve and vessels
Term
pterygoid (vidian) canal
Definition
nerve of pterygoid canal (combined sympathetic postganglionics of deep petrosal nerve and parasympathetic preganglionics from greater petrosal nerve
Term
what makes of the pterygoid canal nerve?
Definition

sympathetic postganglionics of deep petrosal n.

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parasympathetics preganglionices from greater petrosal n.

Term
pterygomaxillary fissure
Definition

maxillary artery

posterior superior alveolar nerve

Term
pteryg(descending)palatine canal
Definition
descending palatine nerves and vessels
Term
pterygopalatine (sphenopalatine) foramen
Definition

pterygopalatine vessels

nasopalatine nerve

posterior nasal nerves

pharyngeal nerves and vessels

Term
stylomastoid foramen
Definition
facial nerve proper
Term
sulcus tubae auditivae
Definition
groove for cartilaginous portion of auditory tube
Term
superior orbital fissure
Definition

occulomotor (CN III)

ophthalmic branch of trigeminal nerve (V1)

trochlear (CN IV)

abducent (CN  VI)

ophthalamic vein

Term
supraorbital fissure
Definition
supraorbital nerves and vessels
Term
zygomaticofacial foramen
Definition
zygomaticofacial branch of zygomatic branch of maxillary
Term
zygomatico-orbital foramen
Definition
zygomatic nerve of V2
Term
zygomaticotemporal foramen
Definition
zygomaticotemporal branch of zygomatic branch of maxillary
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