03-20-2008, 10:16 AM
A 22-year-old intoxicated male presents with a painful headache following a bar fight. Head CT reveals a biconvex mass adjacent to a fractured right temporal bone. The artery implicated in the injury passes through the cranium through the same foramen as which of the following nerves?
A. Maxillary nerve
B. Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve
C. Meningeal branch of the maxillary nerve
D. Middle meningeal nerve
E. Nervus intermedius
A. Maxillary nerve
B. Meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve
C. Meningeal branch of the maxillary nerve
D. Middle meningeal nerve
E. Nervus intermedius