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The sphenopalatine foramen is a foramen of the skull that connects the nasal cavity and the pterygopalatine fossa. It gives passage to the sphenopalatine artery , nasopalatine nerve , and the superior nasal nerve (all passing from the pterygopalatine fossa into the nasal cavity).
The sphenopalatine foramen, large and oval-shaped, is above the back of M 4. The optic canal is small, has a primitive form of opening in front of the pterygoid crest, and is separated from it by a thick bony wall except in the cases of P. lautricense and P. duvali.
The sphenopalatine artery is the artery commonly responsible for epistaxis (difficult to control bleeding of the nasal cavity, especially the posterior nasal cavity). [3] In severe nose bleed cases which do not stop after intense packing of anti-clotting agents, the sphenopalatine artery can be ligated (clipped and then cut) during open surgery ...
In human anatomy, the pterygopalatine fossa (sphenopalatine fossa) is a fossa in the skull. A human skull contains two pterygopalatine fossae—one on the left side, and another on the right side. A human skull contains two pterygopalatine fossae—one on the left side, and another on the right side.
The nasopalatine nerve (also long sphenopalatine nerve [1]: 496 ) is a nerve of the head. It is a sensory branch of the maxillary nerve (CN V 2) that passes through the pterygopalatine ganglion (without synapsing) and then through the sphenopalatine foramen to enter the nasal cavity, and finally out of the nasal cavity through the incisive canal and then the incisive fossa to enter the hard ...
Sphenopalatine may refer to: sphenopalatine artery, an artery of the head, commonly known as the artery of epistaxis; sphenopalatine ganglion (or "pterygopalatine ganglion") sphenopalatine nerves; sphenopalatine foramen, a foramen in the skull that connects the nasal cavity with the pterygopalatine fossa
The palatovaginal canal (also pharyngeal canal) is a small canal formed between the sphenoidal process of palatine bone, and vaginal process of sphenoid bone. [1]: 508 It connects the pterygopalatine fossa and [1]: 370 and nasal cavity.
In zoology, the openings in the skull are called fenestrae, the most prominent of which is the foramen magnum, where the brainstem goes through to join the spinal cord. In human anatomy , the neurocranium (or braincase), is further divided into the calvarium and the endocranium , together forming a cranial cavity that houses the brain.