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Cranial Nerves and Associated Foramina
Foramina in the floor of the skull and the structures traversing them
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Graduate
08/12/2012

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Term

What structure(s) are located in the Foramen Cecum?

 

Definition
Frontal Emissary Vein
Term
What structure(s) are located in the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone?
Definition
Olfactory nerve filaments
Term
What structure(s) are located in the optic canal?
Definition

Optic Nerve

 

Ophthalmic Artery

Term
What structure(s) are located in the superior orbital fissure?
Definition
Ophthalmic Vein

Ophthalmic (V1) Division of CN V (Trigeminal Nerve)

Oculomotor Nerve (CN III)

Trochlear Nerve (CN IV)

Abducens Nerve (CN VI)
Term
What structure(s) are located in the Foramen Rotundum?
Definition
Maxillary (V2) Division of CN V (Trigeminal Nerve)
Term
What structure(s) are located in the Foramen Ovale?
Definition
Mandibular (V3) Division of CN V (Trigeminal Nerve)
Term
What structure(s) are located in the Foramen Spinsoum?
Definition
Middle Meningeal Artery
Term
What structure(s) are located in the Internal Acoustic Meatus?
Definition
Facial Nerve (CN VII)

Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN III)

Labyrinthine Artery
Term
What structure(s) are located in the Jugular Foramen?
Definition
Glossopharyngeal Nerve (CN IX)

Vagus Nerve (CN X)

Accessory Nerve (CN XI)

Inferior Petrosal Sinus

Sigmoid Sinus
Term
What structure(s) are located in the hypoglossal canal?
Definition
Hypoglossal Nerve (CN XII)
Term
What structure(s) are located in the foramen magnum?
Definition
Brainstem

Vertebral arteries

Spinal roots of Accessory Nerves (CN XI)

Venous Plexuses

Meninges

CSF
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Hypoglossal Nerve (CN XII)
Definition
Hypoglossal canal

(posterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Sigmoid sinus
Definition
Jugular foramen

(posterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

inferior petrosal sinus
Definition
Jugular foramen

(posterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Accessory Nerve (CN XI)
Definition
Jugular Foramen

(posterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Vagus Nerve (CN X)
Definition
Jugular Foramen

(posterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Glossopharyngeal Nerve (CN IX)
Definition
Jugular Foramen

(posterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Labyrinthine Artery
Definition
Internal Acoustic Meatus

(posterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Vestibulocochlear Nerve (CN VIII)
Definition
Internal Acoustic Meatus

(posterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Facial Nerve (CN VII)
Definition
Internal Acoustic Meatus

(posterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Middle Meningeal Artery
Definition
Foramen Spinosum

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Mandibular Division of CN V
Definition
Foramen Ovale

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Maxillary Division of CN V
Definition
Foramen Rotundum

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Abducens Nerve (CN VI)
Definition
Superior Orbital Fissure

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Trochlear Nerve (CN IV)
Definition
Superior Orbital Fissure

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Oculomotor Nerve (CN III)
Definition
Superior Orbital Fissure

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Ophthalmic Division of CN V
Definition
Superior Orbital Fissure

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Ophthalmic Vein
Definition
Superior Orbital Fissure

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Optic Nerve (CN II)
Definition
Optic Canal

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Ophthalmic Artery
Definition
Optic Canal

(middle cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Olfactory nerve filaments
Definition
Cribiform Plate of the Ethmoid

(anterior cranial fossa)
Term
Through what opening in the floor of the skull does this structure pass:

Frontal Emissary Vein
Definition
Foramen Cecum

(anterior cranial fossa)
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