Skull
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Viva questions
61Give any 4 nerves passing through superior orbital fissure
2Name the structures passing through foramen ovale and foramen spinosum
3Name structures passing through Carotid canal and Jugular foramen
4Name any 5 structures passing through foarmen magnum
5Mention any 2 muscles attached to mastoid process.
6Enumerate structures attached to styloid process
Short-answer questions
1Styloid Apparatus (Structures attached to the styloid process)
Styloid process of temporal bone is a projection 2.5 cm long -extends downwards and forwards -little in front of mastoid process. It gives attachment to 2 ligaments and 3 muscles and it also has some important relations ----- it is called styloid apparatus
Structures attached to styloid process - 2 ligaments & 3 muscles
Two ligaments --- Stylohyoid ligament & stylomandibular ligament
Three muscles ---- Styloglossus, Stylohyoid, stylopharyngeus muscles
Relations of styloid process ----
Laterally - paroid gland, facial nerve
Medially - internal carotid artery, internal jugular vein, IX, X,XI, XII (last 4) cranial nerves