petrosal canal

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• canal — A duct or channel; a tubular structure. SEE ALSO: c., duct. SYN: canalis [TA]. [L. canalis] abdominal c. SYN: inguinal c.. accessory c. a channel leading from the root …   Medical dictionary

• Petrosal branch of middle meningeal artery — Infobox Artery Name = PAGENAME Latin = ramus petrosus arteriae meningeae mediae GraySubject = 144 GrayPage = 560 Caption = The course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone. Caption2 = The otic ganglion and its branches.… …   Wikipedia

• Nerve of pterygoid canal — Nerve: Nerve of pterygoid canal Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their communication with other nerves. (Vidian nerve labeled at upper right.) Latin n. canalis pterygoidei Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Greater petrosal nerve — Infobox Nerve Name = PAGENAME Latin = nervus petrosus major GraySubject = 202 GrayPage = 903 Caption = The course and connections of the facial nerve in the temporal bone. Caption2 = Plan of the facial and intermediate nerves and their… …   Wikipedia

• Deep petrosal nerve — Nerve: Deep petrosal nerve Alveolar branches of superior maxillary nerve and sphenopalatine ganglion. (Deep petrosal labeled at bottom, center right.) Latin n. petrosus profundus Gray s …   Wikipedia

• Condylar canal — Bone: Condyloid canal Occipital bone. Outer surface. (Condyloid canal visible at center left.) …   Wikipedia

• Optic canal — Bone: Optic foramen 1: Foramen ethmoidale 2: Canalis opticus 3: Fissura orbitalis superior 4: Fossa sacci lacrimalis 5: Sulcus infraorbitalis 6: Fissura orbitalis inferior 7: Foramen infraorbitale …   Wikipedia

• Hiatus for greater petrosal nerve — Infobox Bone Name = Hiatus of the facial canal Latin = hiatus canalis nervi petrosi majoris, hiatus canalis facialis GraySubject = 34 GrayPage = 142 Caption = Coronal section of right temporal bone. (Bristle in hiatus of facial canal labeled at… …   Wikipedia

• Nasolacrimal canal — Bone: Nasolacrimal canal The lacrimal apparatus. Right side …   Wikipedia

• greater petrosal nerve — n a mixed nerve that contains mostly sensory and some parasympathetic fibers, arises in the geniculate ganglion, joins with the deep petrosal nerve at the entrance of the pterygoid canal to form the Vidian nerve, and as part of this nerve sends… …   Medical dictionary

• deep petrosal nerve — n a sympathetic nerve that originates in the carotid plexus, passes through the cartilage of the Eustachian tube, joins with the greater petrosal nerve at the entrance of the pterygoid canal to form the Vidian nerve, and as part of this nerve… …   Medical dictionary