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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. Greater petrosal nerve - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 509 The nerve passes deep to the trigeminal ganglion to reach the foramen lacerum. [ 1 ] : 498, 509 At the foramen lacerum, it unites with the (sympathetic) deep petrosal nerve , forming the nerve of the pterygoid canal (which continues anterior-ward through the pterygoid canal to reach the pterygopalatine fossa and form the ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. List of foramina of the human body - Wikipedia

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    Apical foramen, the opening at the tip of the root of a tooth; Foramen ovale (heart), an opening between the venous and arterial sides of the fetal heart; Foramen transversarium, one of a pair of openings in each cervical vertebra, in which the vertebral artery travels; Greater sciatic foramen, a major foramen of the pelvis

  6. Internal carotid artery - Wikipedia

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    The lacerum segment, or C3, is a short segment that begins above the foramen lacerum and ends at the petrolingual ligament, a reflection of periosteum between the lingula and petrous apex (or petrosal process) of the sphenoid bone. The lacerum portion is still considered "extradural" since it is surrounded by periosteum and fibrocartilage along ...

  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. 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 ...