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Medical AI Inquiry: You were designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.
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Middle meningeal aery courses along which of the following opening in the base of the skull?
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The correct answer is  Middle meningeal aery and vein travels through foramen spinosum. Structures passing through openings in the skull base are: ForamenStructuresCribriform plate of ethmoidOlfactory nervesOptic foramenOptic nerve, ophthalmic aery, meningesSuperior orbital fissureOculomotor, trochlear, and abducens nerves; ophthalmic division of trigeminal nerve; superior ophthalmic veinForamen rotundumMaxillary division of trigeminal nerve, small aery and veinForamen ovaleMandibular division of trigeminal nerve, veinForamen lacerumInternal carotid aery, sympathetic plexusForamen spinosumMiddle meningeal aery and veinInternal acoustic meatusFacial and vestibulocochlear nerves, internal auditory aeryJugular foramenGlossopharyngeal, vagus, and spinal accessory nerves; sigmoid sinusHypoglossal canalHypoglossal nerveForamen magnumMedulla and meninges, spinal accessory nerve, veebral aeries, anterior and posterior spinal aeries