Pterygoid canal
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The pterygoid canal (also vidian canal) is a passage in the sphenoid bone of the skull leading from just anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa.[1]
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Pterygoid canal | |
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Artery | Artery of the pterygoid canal |
Nerve | Nerve of pterygoid canal |
Identifiers | |
Latin | canalis pterygoideus |
TA98 | A02.1.05.053 |
TA2 | 639 |
FMA | 54756 |
Anatomical terminology |
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It transmits the nerve of pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve), the artery of the pterygoid canal (Vidian artery), and the vein of the pterygoid canal (Vidian vein).