Anterior ethmoidal foramen
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| Bone: Anterior ethmoidal foramen | ||
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| Base of the skull. Upper surface. (On the left, "Anterior ethmoidal foramen" is the 7th label from the right.) | ||
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| 1 Foramen ethmoidale, 2 Canalis opticus, 3 Fissura orbitalis superior, 4 Fossa sacci lacrimalis, 5 Sulcus infraorbitalis, 6 Fissura orbitalis inferior, 7 Foramen infraorbitale | ||
| Latin | foramen ethmoidale anterius | |
| Gray's | subject #47 190 | |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | f_12/12373034 | |
Lateral to either olfactory groove are the internal openings of the anterior and posterior ethmoidal foramina (or canals).
The anterior ethmoidal foramen, situated about the middle of the lateral margin of the olfactory groove, transmits the anterior ethmoidal vessels and the nasociliary nerve; the nerve runs in a groove along the lateral edge of the cribriform plate to the slit-like opening above mentioned.
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 Frontal bone. Inner surface. |
 Left maxillary sinus opened from the exterior. |
 The ophthalmic artery and its branches. |
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| Foramina of the skull (and canals and fissures) |
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| foramina: cecum - ethmoidal (anterior, posterior) - incisive - jugular - lacerum - magnum - mandibular - mastoid - mental - optic - orbital (infraorbital, supraorbital) - ovale - palatine (greater, lesser) - parietal - rotundum - sphenopalatine - spinosum - stylomastoid - zygomaticofacial - zygomaticotemporal
canals: carotid - condylar - hypoglossal - incisive - pterygoid fissures: orbital (inferior, superior) - petrotympanic external acoustic meatus - internal acoustic meatus - cribriform plate |
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