Foramina of the Skull

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Jugular Foramen Syndrome

Foramen Caecum

  • for transmission of small vein from nasal mucosa to superior sagital sinus

Optic Canal

  • Optic Nerve
  • Ophthalmic Artery

Superior Orbital Fissure

  • Nerves
    • lacrimal
    • frontal
    • trochlear
    • occulomotor
    • nasociliary
    • abducent
  • Superior Ophthalmic vein

Foramen Rotundum

  • maxillary nerve

Foramen Ovale

  • trigeminal nerve / maxillary nerve
    • large sensory root
    • small motor root
  • lesser petrosal nerve
  • accessory meningeal artery

Foramen Spinosum

  • middle meningeal artery
  • meningeal branch of mandibular nerve

Foramen Lacerum

  • filled by cartilage
  • greater petrosal nerve

Carotid Canal

  • Internal Carotid Artery

Foramen Magnum

  • Medulla oblongata
  • ascending parts of spinal accessory nerves
  • vertebral arteries

Hypoglossal Canal

  • Hypoglossal Nerve

Jugular Foramen

  • inferior petrosal sinus
  • Glossopharyngeal / IXth Cranial Nerve
  • Vagus / Xth Cranial Nerve
  • Accessory / XIth Cranial Nerve
  • simgoid sinus

Internal Acoustic Meatus

  • vestibulocochlear nerve
  • motor and sensory roots of facial nerve
 

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