| Bone | Cranial fossa | Foramina | Number | Vessels | Nerves |
|---|
| frontal | - | supraorbital foramen | 2 | supraorbital arterysupraorbital vein | supraorbital nerve |
| frontal | anterior cranial fossa | foramen cecum | 1 | emissary veins tosuperior sagittal sinus from the upper part of the nose[3] | |
| ethmoid | anterior cranial fossa (osama) | foramina of cribriform plate | ~20 | - | olfactory nerve bundles (I) |
| ethmoid | anterior cranial fossa | anterior ethmoidal foramen | 2 | anterior ethmoidal artery anterior ethmoidal vein | anterior ethmoidal nerve |
| ethmoid | anterior cranial fossa | posterior ethmoidal foramen | 2 | posterior ethmoidal artery posterior ethmoidal vein | posterior ethmoidal nerve |
| sphenoid | - | optic canal | 2 | ophthalmic artery | optic nerve (II) |
| sphenoid | middle cranial fossa | superior orbital fissure | 2 | superior ophthalmic vein | oculomotor nerve (III) trochlear nerve (IV) lacrimal,frontal andnasociliary branches ofophthalmic nerve (V1) abducent nerve (VI) |
| sphenoid | middle cranial fossa | foramen rotundum | 2 | - | maxillary nerve (V2) |
| maxilla | - | incisive foramen/canal/Stenson/Scarpa | 4 | terminal branch ofdescending palatine artery | Terminal part of[3]nasopalatine nerve (V2) |
| palatine | - | greater palatine foramen | 2 | greater palatine artery greater palatine vein | greater palatine nerve |
| palatine andsphenoid | - | foramen sphenopalatinum | 2 | sphenopalatine artery sphenopalatine vein | nasopalatine nerve rami nasales posteriores superiores (V2) |
| palatine andmaxilla | - | lesser palatine foramina | 4 | lesser palatine arteries lesser palatine vein | lesser palatine nerve,greater palatine nerve[3] |
| sphenoid andmaxilla | - | inferior orbital fissure | 2 | inferior ophthalmic veins infraorbital artery infraorbital vein, tributary ofpterygoid plexus | zygomatic nerve andinfraorbital nerve ofmaxillary nerve (V2) orbital branches ofpterygopalatine ganglion |
| maxilla | - | infraorbital foramen | 2 | infraorbital artery infraorbital vein, tributary ofpterygoid plexus | infraorbital nerve |
| sphenoid | middle cranial fossa | foramen ovale | 2 | accessory meningeal artery,emissary vein connectingcavernous sinus withpterygoid plexus | mandibular nerve (V3) lesser petrosal nerve (occasionally)[3] |
| sphenoid | middle cranial fossa | foramen spinosum | 2 | middle meningeal artery | meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve (V3) |
| sphenoid | middle cranial fossa | foramen lacerum | 2 | artery of pterygoid canal, Meningeal branch ofascending pharyngeal artery,emissary vein | nerve of pterygoid canal through its anterior wall |
| temporal | middle cranial fossa | carotid canal | 2 | internal carotid artery | internal carotid plexus, sympathetics from thesuperior cervical ganglion |
| temporal | posterior cranial fossa | internal acoustic meatus | 2 | labyrinthine artery | facial nerve (VII),vestibulocochlear nerve (VIII) |
| temporal | posterior cranial fossa | jugular foramen | 2 | internal jugular vein,inferior petrosal sinus,sigmoid sinus | glossopharyngeal nerve (IX),vagus nerve (X),accessory nerve (XI) |
| temporal | posterior cranial fossa | stylomastoid foramen | 2 | stylomastoid artery | facial nerve (VII) |
| occipital | posterior cranial fossa | hypoglossal canal | 2 | - | hypoglossal nerve (XII) |
| occipital | posterior cranial fossa | foramen magnum | 1 | anterior andposterior spinal arteries,vertebral arteries | lowest part ofmedulla oblongata, three meninges, ascending spinal fibers ofaccessory nerve (XI)[3] |
| occipital | posterior cranial fossa | condylar canal | 1 | occipital emissary vein,meningeal branch of occipital artery | |