Source Maxillary artery FMA 85528 | TA A12.2.05.082 | |
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Latin arteria canalis pterygoidei | ||
The artery of the pterygoid canal (Vidian artery) is an artery in the pterygoid canal, in the head.
It usually arises from the external carotid artery, but can arise from either the internal or external carotid artery or serve as an anastomosis between the two.
The eponym, Vidian artery, is derived from the Italian surgeon and anatomist Vidus Vidius.
From Internal carotid artery
In this case; the artery passes backward along the pterygoid canal with the corresponding nerve. It The artery is a small, inconstant branch which passes into the pterygoid canal and anastomoses with a pterygopalatine branch of the maxillary artery.
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