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The jugular foramen, located between the temporal and occipital bones, allows the internal jugular vein and several cranial nerves (IX, X, and XI) to pass.
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Jugular foramen
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Located at the base of the skull, the foramen magnum is the largest foramen and allows the spinal cord to pass from the brain into the spinal canal.
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Foramen magnum
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The foramen ovale allows the mandibular division of the trigeminal nerve (V3) to pass through.
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Foramen ovale
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This patient has an extradural haemorrhage, characterised by the lucid interval and haemorrhage from the middle meningeal artery. The foramen spinosum sits in the greater wing of the sphenoid bone and allows passage of the middle meningeal artery.
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Foramen spinosum
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This foramen, located in the sphenoid bone, transmits the maxillary division of the trigeminal nerve (V2).
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Foramen rotundum
Concept
Chapter
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Extradural Haemorrhage
Topic
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Neurology
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A 36-year-old male patient presents to A&E following a road traffic accident. The paramedic report notes that he did lose consciousness, but has since regained consciousness. The nurse is worried because he seems to be getting more drowsy again. A CT head shows a lens-shaped collection of blood from the middle meningeal artery.

Given the likely diagnosis, which foramen does the implicated artery pass through?
a