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The foramina found in the skull and the structures that exit/enter them located within the ff views:

 TABLE #1: EXTERNAL FRONTAL VIEW

FORAMEN STRUCTURES PASSING THROUGH


Supraorbital foramen Supraorbital nerve and vessels
Infra-orbital foramen Infraorbital nerve and vessels
Mental foramen Mental nerve and vessels

 TABLE #2 EXTERNAL LATERAL VIEW

FORAMEN STRUCTURES PASSING THROUGH


Zygomaticofacial foramen Zygomaticofacial nerve and vessels
Zygomaticotemporal foramen Zygomaticotemporal nerve and vessels

 TABLE #3 EXTERNAL INFERIOR VIEW

FORAMEN STRUCTURES PASSING THROUGH


Incisive foramen Nasoplatine nerve; sphenopalatine
vessels
Greater palatine foramen Greater palatine nerve and vessels
Lesser palatine foramen Lesser palatine nerve and vessels
Pterygoid canal Pterygoid nerve and vessels
Foramen ovale Mandibular nerve (V3); lesser petrosal
nerve
Foramen spinosum Middle meningeal nerve
Foramen lacerum Filled with cartilage
Carotid canal Internal carotid artery and nerve plexus
Foramen magnum Continuation of the brain and spinal cord;
vertebral arteries and nerve plexuses;
anterior spinal artery; posterior spinal
arteries; roots of accessory nerve;
meninges
Condylar canal Emissary veins
Hypoglossal canal Hypoglossal nerve and vessels
Jugular foramen Internal jugular vein; inferior petrosal
sinuses; glossopharyngeal nerve; vagus
nerve; accessory nerve
Stylomastoid foramen Facial nerve

 TABLE #4 EXTERNAL SUPERIOR VIEW

FORAMEN STRUCTURES PASSING THROUGH


Parietal foramina Emissary veins

 TABLE #5 INTERNAL FLOOR VIEW

FORAMEN STRUCTURES PASSING THROUGH


ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA
Foramen caecum Emissary veins from cranial cavity
Olfactory foramina in the cribriform Olfactory nerve endings (CNI)
plate of ethmoid bone
MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA
Optic canal Ophthalmic artery; optic nerve
Foramen rotundum Maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve
(CV2)
Foramen Ovale Mandibular division of the trigeminal
nerve (CNV3)
Foramen spinosum Middle meningeal artery
Foramen lacerum Greater petrosal nerve
Carotid canal Internal carotid artery
Superior orbital fissure Oculomotor nerve; trochlear nerve;
abducent nerve; ophthalmic nerve;
ophthalmic veins
POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA
Internal acoustic foramen Facial nerve (CNVII); Vestibulocochlear
nerve (CNVIII); labyrinthine artery
Jugular foramen Glossopharyngeal nerve (CNVIIII); Vagus
Nerve (CNX); accessory nerve
Hypoglossal canal Hypoglossal nerve (CNXII)
Foramen magnum Brainstem/spinal cord; vertebral arteries;
spinal roots of accessory nerve; meninges

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