Skull Foramen

Supraorbital Foramen

Small hole above the eye socket, Frontal bone

Cribiform Foramina

Two indentations in front part of inside skull, Ethmoid bone

Optic canal

Holes inside skull above each eye, Sphenoid

Superior orbital fissure

Gash inside the eye pointing towards nose if looking straight at the face, Sphenoid

Foramen rotundum

Top hole, Sphenoid, make L with other three holes

Foramen ovale

Down left from rotundum, sphenoid, part of the L

Foramen spinosum

Smallest hole, beside ovale, sphenoid

Nasolacrimal canal

Tear duct, lacrimal bone

Foramen lacerum

Most inside (medial) hole in L shape, Temporal bone

Internal auditory meatus

Connects to external auditory meatus, ear hole, above the jugular foramen, Temporal bone

Carotid foramen

Medial to styloid process, Temporal bone

Stylomastoid foramen

Hole between styloid and mastoid processes, Temporal bone

Jugular foramen

Inferior to the internal auditory meatus, Jellybean shaped, Temporal border with occipital

Hypoglossal canal

Tiny hole close to the jugular foramen, Occipital bone

Foramen magnum

Huge hole in occipital bone where the spinal cord enters

Inferior orbital fissure

Gash pointing down in inner corner of eye, Maxilla junction at sphenoid

Infraorbital foramen

Hole below orbital of the eye, Maxilla

Incisive foramen

Hole behind incisors, Maxilla

Mental foramen

Holes in mandible

Mandibular foramen

Inside of mandible, inferior to mandibular notch