Pterygoid canal
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other 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]
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).
Structure
The pterygoid canal runs through the medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone to the back wall of the pterygopalatine fossa.
Additional images
-
Medial wall of left orbit.
External links
- Anatomy figure: 22:4b-08 at Human Anatomy Online, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
- cranialnerves at The Anatomy Lesson by Wesley Norman (Georgetown University) (Template:NormanAnatomyFig)
References
Template:Cranium Template:Foramina of skull Template:Authority control
- ↑ Script error: No such module "Citation/CS1".