List of nerves and Vessels of the Cranium and Upper Cervical Bone of Skull Transmits (Nerve / Vessel name)

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Frontal Bone Parietal Bone Temporal Bone Supraorbital nerve & vessels emissary nerves Facial nerve (7th cranial nerve) Facial Nerve (7th cranial nerve) Vestibulocochlear nerve (8th cranial nerve) Labyrinthine vessels Spinal Cord Spinal part of the accesory nerve (11th cranial nerve) Right and left vertebral arteries Glossopharyngeal nerve (9th nerve) Vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) Accesory nerve (11th cranial nerve) Hypoglossal nerve (12 th cranial nerve) Infraorbital nerve Nasopalatine nerve Olfactory nerve (1st cranial nerve) Anterior ethmoid nerves Posterior ethmoid nerve Optic nerve (2nd cranial nerve) Opthalmic artery Oculomotor Nerve (3rd cranial nerve) Trochlear nerve (4th cranial nerve) Abducent nerve (6th cranial nerve) Opthtalmic division of trigeminal nerve (5th cranial nerve) Maxilliary division of Trigeminal nerve (5th cranial nerve) Maxilliary division of Trigeminal nerve (5th cranial nerve) Mandibular division of Trigeminal nerve (5th cranial nerve) Middle Meningeal Artery Hiatus for greater petrosal nerve Mental nerve Inferior Alveolar nerve Zygomaticotemporal nerve Zygomaticofacial nerve Greater palatine nerve Lesser palatine nerve Transmits Vertebral arteries Transmits only the vertebral veins Supraorbital notch / foramen Parietal foramen Stylomastoid foramen Internal acoustic meatus

Foramen Magnum

Occipital Bone

Jugular Foramen Hypoglossal canal Infraorbital foramen Incisive foramen Cribriform plate Anterior Ethmoidal foramen Posterior Ethmoidal foramen Optical Canal

Maxilla

Ethmoid

Superior Orbital Fissure

Sphenoid

Inferior Orbital Fissure Foramen Rotundum Foramen Ovale Foramen Spinosum Greater petrosal foramen Mental Foramen Mandibular Foramen Zygomaticotemporal foramen Zygomaticofacial foramen Greater palatine foramen Lesser palatine foramen Transverse foramen Transverse foramen

Mandible

Zygomatic Bone

Palatine Bone C6 to C1 (in this direction) C7 1st Cranial Nerve 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th

Nerves in order
Olfactory nerve (1st cranial nerve) Optic nerve (2nd cranial nerve) Oculomotor Nerve (3rd cranial nerve) Trochlear nerve (4th cranial nerve) Trigeminal nerve (5th cranial nerve) Abducent nerve (6th cranial nerve)

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Cribriform palate Optical Canal Superior Orbital Fissure Superior Orbital Fissure See Spheniod bone nerves Superior Orbital Fissure

7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th

Facial Nerve (7th cranial nerve) Vestibulocochlear nerve (8th cranial nerve) Glossopharyngeal nerve (9th nerve) Vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) Accesory nerve (11th cranial nerve) Hypoglossal nerve (12 th cranial nerve)

Stylomastoid foramen and Internal Acoustic Meatus Internal Acoustic Meatus Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen Jugular Foramen Hypoglossal canal