Hole/Fissure Located in/Formed by

SUPERIOR VIEW OF THE SKULL BASE

Sieve sheet Etmoides

Blind hole
Frontal bone and y Etmoides
Anterior ethmoid foramen
Posterior ethmoid foramen
Optical conduit Sphenoid

Between the major and minor wings

Superior orbital fissure
of the sphenoid

Round hole (larger)

Oval foramen
Sphenoid

Minior spiny/round hole

Venous foramen
Junction of the greater wing of the
Torn hole sphenoid, petrous portion of the
temporal and basilar portion of the
occipital

Carotid duct
Hiatus of the duct of N. petroso
minor
Hiatus of the duct of N. petroso
major
Temporaly (petrous portion)

Internal ear canal

Opening of the conductillo

vestibular
Mastoid hole Temporary (petroys portion)

Temporary (petrous portion) and

Jugular hole
occipital

Condyleus duct
Hypoglossal N duct
Occipital
Great hole
 LOWER VIEW OF THE BASE OF THE SKULL
Incisor hole Maxilar (palatine process)
Major palatine hole
Palatine
Minior palatine hole
Oval foramen
Sphenoid
Thorny hole

Junction of the greater wing of the

sphenoid, petrous portion of the
Torn hole
temporal and basilar portion of the
occipital
Carotid duct Temporary (pertrous portion)
Conductillo timpánico
Temporal
Mastoid conductillo

Temporary (petrous portion) and

Jugular hole
occipital

Petrotympanic fissure
Agujero estilomastoideo Temporal
Fisura timpanomastoidea
Condyleus duct
Hypoglossal N duct
Occipital
Great hole

PREVIOUS VIEW OF THE GLIDE

Supraorbital foramen Frontal
Between the major and minor wings
Inferior orbital fissure
of the sphenoid and maxilar
Zygomasticofacial hole Zygomatic
 Function and/or structures that run through it
OF THE SKULL BASE
Olfactory nerve [I]

Emissary Vein and Brain Sickle Insersion

N and previous ethmoid vessels
N and posterior ethmoid vessels
Optic nerve [II], Ophthalmic artery

Oculomotor nerve [II], Trochlear nerve [V], Frontal

and lacrimal nasociliary N. of the Olphthalmic Nerve
[V2], Superior and Inferior Olphthalmic Veins

Maxillary nerve [V2]

Mandibular nerve [V5], Accessory meningeal artery

Middle meningeal artery and vein, Meningeal

branch of the N. mandibular

Emissary Vein

Vildian nerve* (It is part of the pentrous major nerve

A. internal carotid

Minor petrous nerve

Major petrous nerve

Facial nerve [VII], Vestibulocochlear nerve [VIII],

Labyrinthine artery

Conducto endolinfático

Emissary sale

Glossosodaryngeal nerve [IX], Vagus nerve [X],

Accessory nerve [XI], Internal jugular vein, Inferior
petrosus and sigmoid breasts, Posterior meningeal
artery

Emissary vein
Hypoglossal nerve [XII]

Vertebral arteries, Oblong cord (medulla oblonga),

Spinal roots of the accessory N. [XI]
HE BASE OF THE SKULL
Nasopalatine nerve, Sphenopalatine artery
Nasopalatine nerve, Sphenopalatine artery
N. and minor palatine vessels
Mandibular nerve [V5], Accessory meningeal artery

Middle meningeal artery and vein, Meningeal

branch of the N. mandibular

Vildian nerve* (It is part of the pentrous major nerve

Internal carotid artery

Tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeum
Articular branch of N. vago [X]

Glossopharyngeal nerve [IX], Vagus nerve [X],

Accessory nerve [XI], Internal jugular vein, Inferior
petrous and sigmoid breasts, Posterior meningeal
artery

Facial N. eardrum cord

Facial nerve [VII], Styrolamastoid artery
N. vagus earpiece bouquet [X]
Emissary vein
Hypoglossal nerve [XII]

Vertebral arteries, Oblong cord (medulla oblonga),

Spinal roots of the accessory N. [XI]

W OF THE GLIDE
Supraorbital nerve and vessels

Maxillary nerve [V2],Igothic nerve

N. and cygomáticofacial vessels