Cranial

Foramina

Vessels

Nerves

Bone

anterior

foramen

emissaryveins

frontal

cranial

cecum

to
superior

olfactorynerve
bundles(I)

ethmoid

anteriorethmoidalnerve

ethmoid

posteriorethmoidalnerve

ethmoid

oculomotornerve
(III)

sphenoid

fossa
1

fossa
2

sagittalsinus

anterior

foraminaof

cranial

cribriform

fossa

plate

anterior

anterior

anterior

cranial

ethmoidal

ethmoidalartery

fossa

foramen

anterior
ethmoidalvein

anterior

posterior

posterior

cranial

ethmoidal

ethmoidalartery

fossa

foramen

posterior
ethmoidalvein

middle

superior

superior

cranial

orbital

ophthalmicvein

fossa

fissure

trochlearnerve
(IV)
lacrimal
,
frontal
and
nasociliary
branchesof
ophthalmicnerve
(V
)
1
abducentnerve
(VI)

Middle

opticcanal

cranial

ophthalmic

opticnerve
(II)

sphenoid

maxillarynerve
(V
)
2

sphenoid

mandibularnerve
(V
)
3

sphenoid

artery

fossa
7

middle

foramen

cranial

rotundum

fossa
8

middle

foramen

accessory

cranial

ovale

meningeal

fossa

artery

lesserpetrosalnerve
(occasionally)

middle

foramen

middle

meningealbranchofthe

cranial

spinosum

meningeal

mandibularnerve
(V
)
3

fossa
10

sphenoid

artery

middle

foramen

arteryof

cranial

lacerum

pterygoidcanal

middle

Carotid

InternalCarotid

cranial

canal

Artery

nerveofpterygoidcanal

sphenoid

Carotidplexusofnerves

sphenoid

fossa
11

fossa

12

middle
cranial
fossa

Sympatheticsfromsup
cervicalganglion

Vidiancanal

Vidianartery

Vidiannerve

(to

(topterygopalatinefossa)

pterygopalatine
fossa)

sphenoid

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14

posterior

internal

labyrinthine

facialnerve
(VII),

cranial

acoustic

artery

vestibulocochlearnerve

fossa

meatus

posterior

jugular

cranial

foramen

fossa

temporal

(VIII)
internaljugular glossopharyngealnerve
(IX), temporal
vein
,
inferior

vagusnerve
(X),
accessory

petrosalsinus
,

nerve
(XI)

sigmoidsinus
15

posterior

hypoglossal

cranial

canal

hypoglossalnerve
(XII)

occipital

occipital

fossa
16

posterior

foramen

anterior
and

medullaoblongata
,

cranial

magnum

posteriorspinal

ascendingspinalfibersof

arteries
,

accessorynerve
(XI)

fossa

vertebral
arteries
17

posterior

stylomastoi

stylomastoid

cranial

dforamen

artery

supraorbital

supraorbital

foramen

artery
,

fossa
18

facialnerve
(VII)

temporal

supraorbitalnerve

frontal

nasopalatinenerve
(V2)

maxilla

supraorbitalvein
19

incisive

sphenopalatine

foramen
/
inci

artery

sivecanal

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greater

greaterpalatine

palatine

artery

foramen

greaterpalatinenerve

palatine

lesserpalatinenerve

palatine

greaterpalatine
vein

21

lesser

lesserpalatine

palatine

artery

foramina

and
maxilla

lesserpalatine
vein

22

inferior

inferior

zygomaticnerve
and

sphenoid

orbital

ophthalmic

infraorbitalnerve
of
maxillary

and

fissure

veins

nerve
(V
)
2

maxilla

infraorbital

orbitalbranchesof

artery

pterygopalatineganglion

infraorbitalvein
23

infraorbital

infraorbital

foramen

artery
infraorbitalvein

infraorbitalnerve

maxilla