pterygoid canal

pterygoid canal
pterygoid canal n an anteroposterior canal in the base of each medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the Vidian artery and the Vidian nerve called also Vidian canal

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canalis pterygoideus.

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