Maxillary nerve is transmitted ?: (A) Foramen ovale, (B) Foramen rotundum, (C) Foramen lacerum, (D) Foramen spinosum
Answer is B. Maxillary nerve is a branch of Trigeminal nerve present in the floor of middle cranial fossa which passes through foramen rotundum. Lateral to it is present foramen ovale through which mandibular nerve passes & supplies the mandible. Middle meningeal aery passes through foramen spinosum . Emissary veins pass through foramen lacerum .