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    pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve), the artery of the pterygoid canal (Vidian artery), and the vein of the pterygoid canal (Vidian vein). The pterygoid canal...
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    The nerve of the pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve) is formed by the union of the (parasympathetic) greater petrosal nerve and (sympathetic) deep petrosal...
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    of a medial pterygoid plate and a lateral pterygoid plate, the latter of which serve as the origins of the medial and lateral pterygoid muscles. The...
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  • Thumbnail for Artery of the pterygoid canal
    The artery of the pterygoid canal (or Vidian artery) is an artery in the pterygoid canal, in the head. It usually arises from the external carotid artery...
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    division of the trigeminal nerve), with which is the nerve of the pterygoid canal, a combination of the greater petrosal nerve (preganglionic parasympathetic)...
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    Posterior superior alveolar artery Artery of pterygoid canal Pharyngeal branch, directed to palatovaginal canal Middle superior alveolar artery (a branch...
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    the (parasympathetic) greater petrosal nerve to form the nerve of pterygoid canal (Vidian nerve). intermediate grey column (of spinal cord at around...
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    with the (sympathetic) deep petrosal nerve to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal (vidian nerve) which proceeds to the pterygopalatine ganglion. It forms...
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  • palatine canal Incisive canals Infraorbital canal Mandibular canal Optic canal Palatovaginal canal Pterygoid canal Inguinal canal Anal canal Cervical canal Pudendal...
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    preganglionic parasympathetics) to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal, which passes through the pterygoid canal before entering the ganglion. The stellate ganglion...
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    spinosum Foramen petrosum Pterygoid process Pterygoid notch Pterygoid fossa Scaphoid fossa Pterygoid hamulus Pterygoid canal Temporal bone Petrous part...
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    maxillary nerve, and parasympathetic fibers from the nerve of the pterygoid canal. It may be anaesthetised for procedures of the mouth and maxillary...
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    foramen to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal nerve of the pterygoid canal[citation needed] artery of the pterygoid canal[citation needed] recurrent artery...
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    ligament least commonly identified. pterygoid notch pterygoid fossa scaphoid fossa pterygoid hamulus pterygoid canal pterygospinous process sella turcica...
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    (sympathetic fibers) to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal. The parasympathetic fibers of the nerve of the pterygoid canal synapse at the pterygopalatine ganglion...
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    the deep petrosal nerve to form the nerve of the pterygoid canal and then passes through this canal. It emerges in the pterygopalatine fossa and enters...
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    canal (external acoustic meatus, external auditory meatus, EAM) is a pathway running from the outer ear to the middle ear. The adult human ear canal extends...
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    the internal carotid artery are: the vidian artery or artery of the pterygoid canal the caroticotympanic artery The lacerum segment, or C3, is a short...
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    the geniculate ganglion. The greater petrosal nerve runs through the pterygoid canal and synapses at the pterygopalatine ganglion. Postsynaptic fibers of...
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  • Thumbnail for List of nerves of the human body
    nerve Mylohyoid nerve Nasociliary nerve Nasopalatine nerve Nerve of pterygoid canal Nerve to obturator internus Nerve to quadratus femoris Nerve to the...
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  • pterygoid muscle lateral pterygoid plate lateral recess (of the fourth ventricle) lateral rectus muscle lateral sclerosis lateral semicircular canal lateral...
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    artery surrounded by a plexus of sympathetic nerves. The nerve of the pterygoid canal and a meningeal branch from the ascending pharyngeal artery pierce...
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    foramen lacerum 2 artery of pterygoid canal, Meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery, emissary vein nerve of pterygoid canal through its anterior wall...
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    Ciliary ganglion Short ciliary nerves Pterygopalatine ganglion Nerve of pterygoid canal Submandibular ganglion Sublingual ganglion Otic ganglion Pelvic part...
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    pharyngeal veins receive as tributaries meningeal vein, and the vein of the pterygoid canal. The pharyngeal veins typically empty into the internal jugular vein...
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  • posterior meningeal veins and the vein of the pterygoid canal, end in the internal jugular. Pterygoid venous plexus This article incorporates text in...
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  • Thumbnail for Greater wing of sphenoid bone
    of the foramen lacerum, and presents the posterior aperture of the pterygoid canal for the passage of the corresponding nerve and artery. Its lateral...
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    pharyngeal artery, internal carotid artery, and the artery of the pterygoid canal. The inner ear is supplied by the anterior tympanic branch of the maxillary...
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    lateral pterygoid muscle, and the medial pterygoid muscle. It also contains important blood vessels such as the middle meningeal artery, the pterygoid plexus...
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    at the root of the pterygoid process near the lateral margin of the ala of vomer.[citation needed] An inconstant vomerovaginal canal may lie between the...
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