Nerve passing through foramen ovale is:: (A) Mandibular Nerve, (B) Oculomotor, (C) Greater petrosal nerve, (D) Maxillary nerve
Answer is A. Ref: Grays Anatomy 40th edition pg: 410Explanation:Foramen OvaleCommunicates with infratemporal fossa* Motor root of Trigeminal nerve* Sensor root of Mandibular nerve* Accessory meningeaiartery* Lesser Petrosal nerve* Emissary vein connecting cavernous sinus with pterygoid venous plexusMnemonic: T-MALEForamen spinosum* Middle meningeal artery* Emissary veins* Nervous spinosum Mnemonic: MENForamen rofandum* Maxillary nerveJugular foramen* Inferior petrosal sinus* 9th,10th,11th cranial nerve* Meningeal banch of ascending pharyngeal artery