Foramina of skull & structures passing through it:

Foramina of skull & structures passing through it with Mnemonics

Structures passing through the foramen Ovale: 

Mandibular Nerve

Accessory Meningeal artery

Lesser petrosal nerve

Emissary vein connecting cavernous sinus and pterygoid venous plexus

You can remember with this mnemonic: “MALE”

Structures passing through the foramen spinosum:

Middle meningeal artery and vein

Emissary vein

Nervous spinosum

You can remember with this mnemonic: “MEN”

Structures passing through the foramen lacerum:

No structure pass through it. But the upper part is traversed by internal carotid artery,

Deep petrosal nerve which joins with greater petrosal nerve to form Vidian nerve

Structures passing through the Carotid canal:

Internal carotid artery and sympathetic plexus around it

Structures passing through the foramen Rotundum:

Maxillary nerve

Structures passing through the Pterygoid canal:

Vidian nerve (nerve of pterygoid canal)

Vidian artery

Structures passing through the stylomastoid foramen:

Facial nerve (7th nerve)

Posterior Auricular artery 

Structures passing through the Petrotympanic fissure:

Chorda tympani nerve

Structures passing through the foramen Cecum: 

Emissary veins from nasal mucosa to superior sagittal sinus

Structures passing through the Internal acoustic meatus:

Facial nerve

Nerves Intermedius

Labyrinthine vessels

Vestibulocochlear nerve

Mnemonic – “Fall in LoVe”

Structures passing through the Hypoglossal canal:

Hypoglossal nerve

Meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

Emissary veins

Structures passing through the Posterior condylar foramen:

Emissary veins connecting sigmoid sinus to suboccipital venous plexus

Foramina of Skull: Structures passing through the Jugular foramen: 

Anterior part:

Inferior petrosal sinus,

(1st tributary to internal jugular vein)

Intermediate part:

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Vagus nerve

Accessory nerve

Meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery

Posterior Part:

Internal jugular vein as a continuation of sigmoid sinus

Structures passing through the mastoid canaliculus:

Auricular branch of vagus

Structures passing through the tympanic canaliculus:

Tympanic branch of glossopharyngeal nerve

Structures passing through the greater palatine foramen:

Greater palatine vessels and nerves

Structures passing through the lesser palatine foramen:

Lesser palatine vessels and nerves

Structures passing through the Incisive foramen:

Terminal branch of greater palatine vessels

Structures passing through the foramen Magnum:

Anterior Part:

Apical ligament of dens

Membrana Tectoria

Vertical band of cruciate ligaments

Intermediate:

Spinal artery

Spinal part of accessory nerve

Vertebral artery and sympathetic plexus surrounding it

Posterior part:

Medulla lower part

Cerebellar tonsils

Meninges

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