External cranial foramina

What hole in the frontal bone is this?

Supraorbital notch/foramen

What does this hole in the frontal bone transmit?

Supraorbital nerve and vessels

What does the supraorbital notch/foramen transmit?

Supraorbital nerve and vessels

What hole in the maxilla is this?

Infraorbital foramen

What does this hole in the maxilla transmit?

Infraorbital nerve and vessels

What does the infraorbital foramen transmit?

Infraorbital nerve and vessels

What hole in the mandible is this?

mental foramen

What does this hole in the mandible transmit?

Mental nerve and vessels

What does the mental foramen transmit?

Mental nerve and vessels

What does the inferior orbital fissure transmit?

Branches of the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve (V2): zygomatic and infraorbital nerves, the infraorbital blood vessels, and sometimes a branch of the inferior ophthalmic vein

What hole is this?

inferior orbital fissure

What does this hole transmit?

Branches of the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve (V2): zygomatic and infraorbital nerves, infraorbital blood vessels, and sometimes a branch of the inferior ophthalmic vein

What bones make up the inferior orbital fissure?

Cleft between the greater wing of the sphenoid and the body of the maxilla

What hole in the zygomatic bone is this?

zygomaticofacial foramen

What does this hole in the zygomatic bone transmit?

zygomaticofacial nerve

What does the zygomaticofacial foramen transmit?

zygomaticofacial nerve

What hole in the zygomatic bone is this?

zygomaticotemporal foramen

What does this hole in the zygomatic bone transmit?

zygomaticotemporal nerve

What does the zygomaticotemporal foramen transmit?

zygomaticotemporal nerve

What hole in the maxilla is this?

incisive foramen

What does this hole in the maxilla transmit?

neurovascular bundle

What does the incisive foramen transmit?

neurovascular bundle

What hole in the tympanic part of the temporal bone is this?

external acoustic meatus

What hole in the maxilla is this?

greater palatine foramen

What does this hole in the maxilla transmit?

neurovascular bundle

What does the greater palatine fossa transmit?

neurovascular bundle

What hole in the maxilla is this?

lesser palatine foramen

What does this hole in the maxilla transmit?

neurovascular bundle

What does the lesser palatine foramen transmit?

neurovascular bundle

What hole in the greater wing of the sphenoid is this?

pterygoid canal

What does this hole in the greater wing of the sphenoid transmit?

nerve of the pterygoid canal

What does the pterygoid canal transmit?

nerve of the pterygoid canal

What hole in the greater wing of sphenoid is this?

foramen ovale

What does this hole in the greater wing of sphenoid transmit?

Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve (V3) and lesser petrosal nerve

What does the foramen ovale transmit?

Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve (V3) and lesser petrosal nerve

What hole in the greater wing of sphenoid is this?

foramen spinosum

What does this hole in the greater wing of sphenoid transmit?

Middle meningeal vessels

What does the foramen spinosum transmit?

Middle meningeal vessels

What hole formed by the sphenoid, temporal, and occipital bones is this?

foramen lacerum

What does this hole formed by the sphenoid, temporal, and occipital bones transmit?

Lower portion is filled with cartilage

What does the foramen lacerum transmit?

Lower portion is filled with cartilage

What hole in the temporal bone is this?

carotid canal

What does this hole in the temporal bone transmit?

Internal carotid artery and accompanying postganglionic sympathetic fibers

What does the carotid canal transmit?

Internal carotid artery and accompanying postganglionic sympathetic fibers

What hole in the occipital bone is this?

foramen magnum

What does this hole in the occipital bone transmit?

Spinal cord (with its meningeal coverings), vertebral artery (with accompanying sympathetic nerve fibers), anterior and posterior spinal arteries, and the accessory nerve (XI)

What does the foramen magnum transmit?

Spinal cord (with its meningeal coverings), vertebral artery (with accompanying sympathetic nerve fibers), anterior and posterior spinal arteries, and the accessory nerve (XI)

What hole in the temporal bone is this?

stylomastoid foramen

What does this hole in the temporal bone transmit?

Facial nerve (VII)

what does the stylomastoid foramen transmit?

Facial nerve (VII)

The jugular foramen is formed by the junction of what bones?

temporal and occipital

What hole is this?

jugular foramen

What does this hole transmit?

Sigmoid sinus, inferior petrosal sinus, glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), vagus nerve (X), accessory nerve (XI)

What does the jugular foramen transmit

Sigmoid sinus, inferior petrosal sinus, glossopharyngeal nerve (IX), vagus nerve (X), accessory nerve (XI)