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Foramen ovale: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.
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Foramen ovale

Oval opening in the greater wing of sphenoid. Lies posterolateral to foramen rotundum. Opens toward infratemporal fossa.

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Foramen ovale: magnified reference view with a numbered learning marker. The complete original plate is available in the next view.

Image: OpenStax College / university open textbook · Source / original · CC BY 4.0

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Foramen ovale

Foramina & canals

Foramen ovale

STRUCTURE & FUNCTION

Understand what you see.

Oval opening in the greater wing of sphenoid.

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01 / IDENTIFICATION

How to recognise it.

  1. Oval opening in the greater wing of sphenoid
  2. Lies posterolateral to foramen rotundum
  3. Opens toward infratemporal fossa
02 / KEY STRUCTURES

Point them out.

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Related features & study points (1)

Additional relations, attachments or microscopic details to revise alongside this plate. These are separate from its numbered image landmarks.

  • V3
03 / VIVA PRACTICE

Think first. Then reveal.

Say your answer aloud before opening the suggested response.

Examiner-style prompts: identify the structure, explain its relations, then answer the applied follow-up. These are revision questions, not authenticated past papers.

01Identify foramen ovale and justify your identification.
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Oval opening in the greater wing of sphenoid. Lies posterolateral to foramen rotundum. Opens toward infratemporal fossa.

02What is the principal nerve transmitted?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

Mandibular division of trigeminal nerve (V3); additional vessels and a variably coursing lesser petrosal nerve may be present.

03Which trigeminal division is mixed sensory and motor?
SUGGESTED ANSWER

V3; its motor fibres supply muscles including those of mastication.

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