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Bone: Temporal
-Carotid artery and carotid sympathetic nerve plexus
Carotid Canal
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Bone : Between frontal and ethmoid
-Anterior and posterior ethmoid nerves
Ethmoid foramina , anterior and posterior
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Bone: Temporal
-Sound waves enroute to eardrum
External auditory meatus
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Bone : Between temporal , occipital , and sphenoid
-None because the foramen is filled with cartilage during life ; casrotid canal and pterygoid canal cross its superior part but do not actually pass through it
Foramen lacerum
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Bone: Occipital
Spinal cord , accessory nerves , and vertebral arteries
Foramen Magnum
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Bone: Sphenoid
-Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve
Foramen ovale
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Bone: Sphenoid
-Maxillary division of trigeminal nerve
Foramen rotundum
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Bone : Sphenoid
-Middle meningeal artery
Foramen spinosum
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Bone: Occipital
-Hypoglossal nerve
Hypoglossal canal
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Bone: Between maxillae
-Incisive nerve
Incisive foramen (canal)
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Bone: Between sphenoid and maxilla
-Infraorbital nerve and vessels and zygomatic nerve
Inferior orbital fissure
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Bone: Maxilla
Infraorbital nerve
Infraorbital foramen
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Bone: Temporal
-Facial nerve and vestibulocochlear nerve
Internal auditory meatus
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Bone: Between temporal and occipital
-Internal jugular vein , glossopharyngeal nerve , vagus nerve , and accessory nerve
Jugular foramen
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Bone: Mandible
-Inferior alveolar nerve to mandibular teeth
Mandibular foramen
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Bone: Mandible
-Mental nerve
Mental foramen
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Bone: Between lacrimal and maxilla
-Nasolacrimal (tear) duct
Nasolacrimal canal
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Bone: Ethmoid
-Olfactory Nerves
Olfactory formaina
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Bone : Sphenoid
-Optic nerve and ophthalmic artery
Optic foramen
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Bone: Palatine
-Palatine nerves
Palatine foramina , anterior , and posterior
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Bone: Sphenoid
Sympathetic and parsympathetic nerves to the face
Pterygoid Canal
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Bone: Between palatine and sphenoid
-Nasopalatine nerve and sphenopalatine vessels
Sphenopalatine foramen
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Bone: Temporal
-Facial nerve
Stylomastoid foramen
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Bone : Sphenoid
-Oculomotor nerve , trochlear nerve , opthalmic division of trigeminal nerve , abducens nerve , and opthalmic veins
Superior orbital fissure
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Bone : Frontal
-Supraorbital nerve and vessels
Supraorbital foramen or notch
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Bone : Zygomatic
-Zygomaticofacial nerve
Zygomaticofacial foramen
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Bone :Zygomatic
Zygomaticotemporal nerve
Zygomaticotemporal Foramen
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