Pterygoid canal

 ( Foramina Of The Skull ) 

The pterygoid canal (also vidian canal) is a passage in the sphenoid bone of the Human skull leading from just anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa.

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).

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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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