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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. Petrous part of the temporal bone - Wikipedia

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    The apex, which is rough and uneven, is received into the angular interval between the posterior border of the great wing of the sphenoid bone and the basilar part of the occipital bone; it presents the anterior or internal opening of the carotid canal, and forms the postero-lateral boundary of the foramen lacerum.

  4. Deep petrosal nerve - Wikipedia

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    The deep petrosal nerve is a post-ganglionic branch of the (sympathetic) internal carotid (nervous) plexus (which is in turn derived from the superior cervical ganglion, a part of the cervical sympathetic trunk) that enters the cranial cavity through the carotid canal, then passes perpendicular to the carotid canal in [1] the cartilaginous substance which fills the [citation needed] foramen ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Middle cranial fossa - Wikipedia

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    Lateral to the foramen ovale is the foramen spinosum, for the passage of the middle meningeal vessels, and a recurrent branch from the mandibular nerve. Medial to the foramen ovale is the foramen lacerum ; in the fresh state the lower part of this aperture is filled up by a layer of fibrocartilage , while its upper and inner parts transmit the ...

  7. Carotid canal - Wikipedia

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    The external opening of carotid canal (Latin: "apertura externa canalis carotici") is located upon the inferior aspect of the petrous part of the temporal bone.It is situated anterior to the jugular fossa (the two being separated by a ridge upon which the tympanic canaliculus opens inferiorly), [3] and posterolateral to the foramen lacerum.

  8. Pterygoid canal - Wikipedia

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    The pterygoid canal (also vidian canal) is a passage in the sphenoid bone of the skull leading from just anterior to the foramen lacerum in the middle cranial fossa to the pterygopalatine fossa. [ 1 ]

  9. Category:Foramina of the skull - Wikipedia

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    Foramen cecum (frontal bone) Foramen lacerum; ... Foramen rotundum; Foramen spinosum; Foramina of Scarpa; G. Greater palatine canal; H. Hiatus for greater petrosal nerve;