The foramen lacerum (Latin: lacerated piercing) is a triangular hole in the base of skull. It is located between the sphenoid bone, the apex of the petrous...

Look up lacerum or lacer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lacerum or lacer from Latin may refer to: In anatomy and medicine: Foramen lacerum, a triangular...

canal the caroticotympanic artery The lacerum segment, or C3, is a short segment that begins above the foramen lacerum and ends at the petrolingual ligament...

nerve within the cartilaginous substance filling the foramen lacerum. From the foramen lacerum, the nerve of the pterygoid canal passes through the pterygoid...

superior salivary nucleus. In the connective tissue substance of the foramen lacerum,[citation needed] the greater petrosal nerve unites with the (sympathetic)...

in the sphenoid bone of the skull leading from just anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa. It transmits...

sinus Foramen cecum Optic foramen Foramen lacerum Foramen rotundum Foramen magnum Foramen ovale Jugular foramen Internal auditory meatus Mastoid foramen Sphenoidal...

with the cavernous sinus, by branches through the foramen Vesalii, foramen ovale, and foramen lacerum. Due to its communication with the cavernous sinus...

inferiorly to the foramen magnum. On axial planes, it sits just posterior to the sphenoid sinuses. It is medial to the foramen lacerum (the internal carotid...

canal in the cartilaginous substance which fills the[citation needed] foramen lacerum to unite with the (parasympathetic) greater petrosal nerve to form...

tympanic canaliculus opens inferiorly), and posterolateral to the foramen lacerum.[non-primary source needed] The internal opening of carotid canal (Latin:...

behind at the foramen lacerum, and ends on the medial side of the anterior clinoid process, where it is sometimes converted into a foramen (carotico-clinoid)...

medial to the pterygomaxillary fissure leading into the sphenopalatine foramen. It communicates with the nasal and oral cavities, infratemporal fossa...

of the carotid canal, and forms the postero-lateral boundary of the foramen lacerum. The anterior surface forms the posterior part of the middle cranial...

cranial fossa and travels anteromedially to enter the foramen lacerum. Within the foramen lacerum it joins to the deep petrosal nerve to form the nerve...

skull through the foramen ovale. The greater petrosal nerve passes underneath the trigeminal ganglion to reach the foramen lacerum.: 498, 509  After recovery...

artery through the carotid canal to foramen lacerum. They then enter the middle cranial fossa above foramen lacerum, travel through the cavernous sinus...

foramen, a major foramen of the pelvis Interventricular foramen, channels connecting ventricles in the brain Intervertebral foramen, foramina formed between...

portion of the temporal bone, and forms the medial boundary of the foramen lacerum. Behind the dorsum sellae is a shallow depression, the clivus, which...

portion of the temporal bone, and forms the medial boundary of the foramen lacerum. This article incorporates text in the public domain from page 147...

Above: optic tract, optic chiasma, internal carotid artery. Inferiorly: foramen lacerum, and the junction of the body and greater wing of sphenoid bone. Medially:...

There are also emissary veins passing through the foramen ovale, jugular foramen, foramen lacerum, and hypoglossal canal.[citation needed] Because the...

foot foramen foramen lacerum foramen magnum foramen of Luschka foramen of Magendie foramen of Monro foramen ovale (heart) foramen ovale (skull) foramen rotundum...

spine is irregular. Its medial half forms the anterior boundary of the foramen lacerum, and presents the posterior aperture of the pterygoid canal for the...

the oropharynx. In this case; the artery passes inferiorly through foramen lacerum towards the oropharynx, with its main trunk continuing anteriorly through...

surface of cranial base Jugular foramen Foramen lacerum Bony palate Greater palatine canal Greater palatine foramen Lesser palatine foramina Incisive...

bones. This area includes the jugular and hypoglossal canal and the foramen lacerum (through which the internal carotid artery passes superiorly across)...

but sphenoid bone is visible in yellow, and lingula would be near foramen lacerum.) Identifiers TA98 A02.1.05.013 TA2 597 FMA 54757 Anatomical terms...

this particular area. Gruber wrote the first recorded mention of the foramen lacerum. He died in Vienna. Anatomie eines Monstrum Bicorporeum eigenthümlicher...

hiatus to reach middle cranial fossa Then run in its groove to enter f.lacerum to join with deep petrosal n. to form n. to pterygoid canal ( vidian n...