|
FORAMEN |
LOCATION
|
STRUCTURES
TRANSMITTED |
| 
|
Supraorbital
(1) |
Superior
orbital margin |
Supraorbital
artery, vein and nerve |
| |
| Infraorbital
(2) |
Inferior
orbital margin |
Infraorbital
artery, vein and nerve |
|
|
Zygomaticofacial
(3) |
Zygomatic
bone
|
Zygomaticofacial
artery, vein and nerve |
|
|
Mental
(5) |
Mandibular
body |
Mental
artery, vein and nerve
|
|
|
Magnum
(6) |
Between
the squamous and basilar part of occipital bone. |
spinal
cord, meninges, spinal arteries, spinal accessory nerve, vertebral
arteries, emissary veins, cervical meningeal nerve. |
| |
Jugular
foramen (7) |
Anterolateral to
Hypoglossal canal, at the level of the styloid process
|
Glossopharyngeal nerve,
internal jugular vein, vagus nerve, emissary veins and the spinal
accessory nerve |
| |
Carotid
canal (8) |
Anterior to the
jugular foramen |
Internal carotid artery
and nerve plexus and emissary vein |
| |
Lacerum
(9) |
Between the basilar
part of occipital bone, the body of sphenoid and the petrouspart
of temporal bone |
Covered by cartilage
in life.
Related to the internal carotid artery superiorly |
|
| 
|
Hypoglossal
canal |
Anterolateral
to occipital condyles
|
Hypoglossal
nerve, emissary vein |
| |
Foramen
spinosum |
In sphenoid
spine
|
Nervous
spinosum, middle meningeal artery |
| |
Foramen
ovale |
Anteromedial
to foramen spinosum
|
Mandibular
nerve, accessory meningeal artery, lesser petrosal nerve, emissary
vein |
| |
| Stylomastoid
|
|
Stylomastoid
artery, facial nerve, emissary vein |
| |
| Foramen
rotundum |
|
Maxillary
nerve |
| |
Superior
orbital fissure |
Between
the lesser and greater wing of sphenoid |
Ophthalmic,
oculomotor, trochlear and abducens nerve ophthalmic veins |
| |
Inferior
orbital fissure |
Orbital
part of maxillae
|
Continuation
of maxillary nerve |
| |
Optic
canal |
Lesser
wing of sphenoid |
Optic nerve,
meninges, ophthalmic artery |
|
|
Lingual
|
Mandibular
body (internal surface)
|
Lingual
nerves and vessels |
