Neurosciences 1.10 -- Skull, Meninges, and Spinal Cord
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- internal auditory meatus transmits what?
- VII & VIII
- jugular foramen transmits what?
- IX, X, XI & internal jugular vein
- hypoglossal foramen transmits what?
- XII
- foramen magnum transmits what?
- spinal cord and vertebral arteries
- arachnoid granulations (villi)
- bulbous protrusions of the arachnoid membrane along the longitudinal fissue that invaginate the superior sagital sinus; it is through these structures that the CSF is reabsorbed into the venous blood of the sinus
- what artery exits the optic foramen?
- the ophthalmic artery
- what foramen transmits the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve?
- foramen ovale
- lateral horn contains what?
- all the cell bodies of the sympathetic preganglionic fibers in the body
- where is the rostral point of attachment of the falx cerebri?
- crista galli
- what is the point of attachment for the tentorium cerebelli?
- posterior / anterior clinoid processes