Pterygoid canal

Tags: Anatomical Structure.

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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artery: Artery of the pterygoid canal
Dorlands prefix: c_04
Dorlands suffix: 12208798
Gray page: 180
Gray subject: 46
nerve: Nerve of pterygoid canal

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