Structures Passing Through Foramen Magnum (Mnemonic)

Structures Passing Through Foramen Magnum:

• Accessory nerves (spinal roots)
• Meningeal lymphatics
• Spinal cord
• Spinal meninges
• Sympathetic plexus of vertebral ateries
• Vertebral arteries
• Vertebral artery spinal branches

Mnemonic - 'Spinal Meninges Make A Special Vertical Sheath':

• Spinal - Spinal Cord
• Meninges - Spinal Meninges
• Make - Meningeal lymphatics
• A - Accessory nerves (spinal roots)
• Special - Sympathetic plexus on vertebral arteries
• Vertical - Vertebral arteries
• Sheath - Spinal branches of vertebral arteries

Image: from Shannan Muskopf (cc)

Tags: Accessory Nerve - Foramen Magnum - Meninges - Skull - Spinal Cord - Sympathetic Plexus - Vertebral Artery
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