Neuroanatomy

1- HYPOGLOSSAL CANAL - hypoglossal nerve
2- INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY - passes thru both carotid
canal and foramen lacerum
3- GREATER PALATINE FORAMEN - anterior palatine nerve
4- LESSER PALATINE FORAMEN - posterior palatine nerve
5- NASOPALATINE NERVE - incisive foramen
6- SUPRA ORBITAL FORAMEN OR NOTCH - supraorbital
nerve
7- SUPRA ORBITAL FISSURE - inferior opthalmic vein
8- INFRA ORBITAL FORAMEN - infra orbital nerve
9- ZYGOMATIC NERVE - infra orbital fissure
10- ZYGOMATICO FACIAL FORAMEN - zygomatico facial
branch of the sixth nerve
11- OPTIC CANAL - central retinal vein
12 - FORAMEN ROTUNDUM - maxillary division of the
trigeminal nerve
13- FORAMEN OVALE - Mandibular nerve, Accessory
meningeal artery, Lesser petrosal nerve and Emissary
veins (mnemonic : MALE).
14- FORAMEN SPINOSUM - middle meningeal artery
15- JUGULAR FORAMEN - 9 , 10 , 11 th cranial nerves
16- MASTOID FORAMEN - meningeal branch of occipital
artery
17- TYMPANO MASTOID FISSURE - auricular branch of
vagus ( vidian r alderman n )
18- FACIAL NERVE - stylomastoid foramen
19- CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE - petro tympanic fissure.