Pterygoid canal
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| Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Sphenoid is yellow.) | |
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| Sphenoid bone. Anterior and inferior surfaces. (Pterygoid c. labeled at center left.) | |
| Latin | c. pterygoideus |
| Gray's | subject #46 180 |
| Artery | artery of the pterygoid canal |
| Nerve | nerve of pterygoid canal |
| Dorlands/Elsevier | c_04/12208798 |
The pterygoid canal (also vidian canal) is a passage in the skull leading from just anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa.
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[edit] Structure
The pterygoid canal runs through the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone to the back wall of the pterygopalatine fossa.
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It transmits the nerve of pterygoid canal and artery of the pterygoid canal.
[edit] Additional images
 Medial wall of left orbit. |
[edit] External links
- SUNY Figs 22:4b-08
- Pterygoid+canal at eMedicine Dictionary
- Norman/Georgetown cranialnerves (VII)
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