Latin Canalis pterygoideus TA A02.1.05.053 | Dorlands/Elsevier c_04/12208798 FMA 54756 | |
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Artery artery of the pterygoid canal Nerve nerve of pterygoid canal | ||
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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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, artery of the pterygoid canal and vein of the pterygoid canal.
These three are also known as the Vidian Nerve, Vidian Artery and Vidian Vein.
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