Bony Landmarks for Vessels and Nerves of the Oral Region Head and Neck Anatomy H211

Student Learning Objectives: Using the illustrations in the text, lecture, or this presentation, be able to: 1. Identify bones and corresponding landmarks or foramina through which major vessels or nerves commonly pass when supplying the oral cavity and/or teeth.

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Sphenoid Bone – Foramen Ovale – Foramen Rotundum Mandible – Mandibular Foramen – Mental Foramen Temporal Bone – Stylomastoid Foramen – Internal Acoustic Meatus Table 3-3 pg.33

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Sphenoid Bone: Foramen Ovale - CN V 3 (cranial nerve 5, division 3) Fig 8-6

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Sphenoid: Foramen Ovale (internal view) Fig 3-19

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Sphenoid: Foramen Ovale (external view) Fig 3-18

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Sphenoid: Foramen Rotundum - CN V 2 Fig 8-8

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Sphenoid: Foramen Rotundum (internal) Fig 3-19

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Mandible: Mandibular Foramen Fig 3-54

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Mandible: Mental Foramen Fig 3-52

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Temporal: Stylomastoid foramen (external) Fig 3-18

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Temporal: Internal Acoustic Meatus Fig 3-19

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Maxilla – Incisive Foramen Palatine – Greater Palatine Foramen Table 3-3 pg.33

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Maxilla: Incisive foramen – Nasopalatine n. Fig 3-48

Bony Openings in the Skull: for Nerves and Blood Vessels Palatine: Greater Palatine Foramen Fig 3-44

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