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  2. Foramen lacerum - Wikipedia

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    It is situated anteromedially to the carotid canal. [1]: 776 The internal carotid artery passes from the carotid canal in the base of the skull, emerging and coursing superior to foramen lacerum as it exits the carotid canal; the internal carotid artery does not travel through foramen lacerum (the segment of the internal carotid artery that travels superior to the foramen lacerum is called the ...

  3. Optic canal - Wikipedia

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    The superior surface of the sphenoid bone is bounded behind by a ridge, which forms the anterior border of a narrow, transverse groove, the chiasmatic groove (optic groove), above and behind which lies the optic chiasma; the groove ends on either side in the optic foramen, which transmits the optic nerve and ophthalmic artery (with accompanying ...

  4. Stenosis - Wikipedia

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    Stenosis (from Ancient Greek στενός (stenós) 'narrow') is the abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel or other tubular organ or structure such as foramina and canals. It is also sometimes called a stricture (as in urethral stricture ).

  5. List of foramina of the human body - Wikipedia

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    foramen spinosum: 2: middle meningeal artery: meningeal branch of the mandibular nerve (V 3) sphenoid: middle cranial fossa: foramen lacerum: 2: artery of pterygoid canal, Meningeal branch of ascending pharyngeal artery, emissary vein: nerve of pterygoid canal through its anterior wall temporal: middle cranial fossa: carotid canal: 2: internal ...

  6. Internal auditory meatus - Wikipedia

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    The canal which comprises the internal auditory meatus is short (about 1 cm) and runs laterally into the bone. The lateral (outer) aspect of the canal is known as the fundus. [1] The fundus is subdivided by two thin crests of bone to form three separate canals, through which course the facial and vestibulocochlear nerve branches.

  7. Pterygopalatine fossa - Wikipedia

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    foramen rotundum: middle cranial fossa: pterygoid canal (Vidian) middle cranial fossa, foramen lacerum: palatovaginal canal (pharyngeal) nasal cavity/nasopharynx: Anteriorly: inferior orbital fissure: orbit: Medially: sphenopalatine foramen: nasal cavity: Laterally: pterygomaxillary fissure: infratemporal fossa: Inferiorly: greater palatine ...

  8. Cavernous sinus - Wikipedia

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    Above: optic tract, optic chiasma, internal carotid artery. [3] Inferiorly: foramen lacerum, and the junction of the body and greater wing of sphenoid bone. Medially: pituitary gland (hypophysis cerebri), and sphenoidal air sinus. [3] Laterally: temporal lobe with uncus. Anteriorly: superior orbital fissure, and the apex of the orbit.

  9. Nerve of pterygoid canal - Wikipedia

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

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