The Italy falls on the 10th spot of the 10 largest armies in the world. In 2010, they have spent a total of $37 billion for their army troops. While this budget is extremely high, the report showed a significant decrease in the defense budget of Italy compared to the previous years.
The foramen lacerum is term used to describe a triangular opening present at the base of the skull, situated in the middle cranial fossa between the top section of petrous temporal, the sphenoid, and the basilar section of occipital.
The foramen spinosum is one of two foramina located in the base of the human skull, on the sphenoid bone. It is situated just anterior to the spine of the sphenoid bone, and just lateral to the foramen ovale.The middle meningeal artery, middle meningeal vein, and the meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve pass through the foramen.The foramen spinosum is often used as a landmark in neurosurgery, due to its close relations with other cranial foramina. It was first described by Jakob Benignus Winslow in the 18th century.he foramen ovale is one of these two cranial foramina, situated directly anterior and medial to the foramen spinosum. The spine of sphenoid falls medial and posterior to the foramen. Lateral to the foramen is the mandibular fossa, and posterior is the Eustachian tube.