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Cranial holes and contents

  1. Foramen cecum
    • frontal emissary vein
    • anterior fossa
  2. Parietal foramen
    • emissary veins
    • *skull cap
  3. Cribiform plate
    • olfactory nerve filaments
    • anterior fossa
    • honeycomb appearance
  4. Optic canal
    • optic nerve
    • opthalmic artery
    • middle fossa
  5. Superior orbital fissure
    • opthalmic vein
    • V1
    • oculomotor nerve (eff skeletal and preganglionic)
    • trochlear nerve
    • abducens nerve
    • middle fossa
  6. Foramen rotundum
    V2
  7. Foramen ovale
    • Motor nucleus of trigeminal nerve
    • V3
  8. Foramen spinosum
    middle meningeal artery
  9. Foramen lacerum
    defect in roof of carotid canal
  10. Internal acoustic meatus
    • all of facial nerves
    • vestibulocochlear
    • labyrinthine artery
    • posterior fossa
  11. Jugular foramen
    • glossopharyngeal
    • vagus
    • spinal accessory
    • inferior petrosal sinus
    • sigmoid sinus
    • posterior fossa
  12. Hypoglossal canal
    • hypoglossal nerve
    • posterior fossa
  13. Foramen magnum
    • brainstem
    • vertebral arteries
    • spinal roots of accessory nerves
    • venous plexuses
    • meninges
    • CSF
    • posterior fossa
Author
embryo
ID
97262
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Cranial holes and contents
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MS1/Mod 1: gross anatomy and embryology, cranial foramen and their contents
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