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artery of pterygoid canal (vidian artery)
Origin:
1) maxillary artery (3rd part)
2) greater palatine artery (within pterygopalatine fossa)
Distribution:
1) contents & wall of the pterygoid canal
2) mucous membrane of the upper pharynx
3) auditory tube
4) tympanic cavity
Course:
-> passes through pterygoid canal with the nerve of the pterygoid canal
Related
pterygoid canal (vidian canal)
pterygopalatine fossa (pteromaxillary or sphenomaxillary fossa)
General
blood vessel
Properties
FORM: artery of pterygoid canal (vidian artery)
ORIGIN: maxillary artery
greater palatine artery
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
Components
intima; tunica intima
tunica media
vascular endothelium