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DictionarySeeveinvein of pterygoid canal
vein of pter·y·goid ca·nal [TA] a vein accompanying the nerve and artery through the pterygoid canal and emptying into the pharyngeal venous plexus. Synonym(s): vena canalis pterygoidei [TA], vidian veinvein of pter·y·goid ca·nal (vān ter'i-goyd kă-nal') [TA] A vein accompanying the nerve and artery through the pterygoid canal and emptying into the pharyngeal venous plexus. Vidius, Guidi (Guido), Italian anatomist and physician, 1500-1569. vidian artery - Synonym(s): artery of pterygoid canalvidian canal - an opening through the base of the medial pterygoid process of the sphenoid bone through which pass the artery, vein, and nerve of the pterygoid canal. Synonym(s): pterygoid canalvidian nerve - the nerve constituting the parasympathetic and sympathetic root of the pterygopalatine ganglion. Synonym(s): nerve of pterygoid canalvidian vein - a vein accompanying the nerve and artery through the pterygoid canal and emptying into the pharyngeal venous plexus. Synonym(s): vein of pterygoid canal |