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Nerves
The cavernous sinus transmits multiple cranial nerves to the superior orbital fissure and foramen rotundum. These are:
In the lateral wall from superior to inferior:
oculomotor nerve (CN III)
trochlear nerve (CN IV)
trigeminal nerve (CN V): ophthalmic and maxillary divisions
Traversing the sinus:
C4 segment of ICA
abducens nerve (CN VI): inferolateral to the ICA