A question in head and neck anatomy :-
Using a clear diagram or picture , can you locate the palatovaginal canal on the human skull in norma basalis externa ?
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Answer:
The palatovaginal canal (also pharyngeal canal) is a canal between the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone that connects the nasopharynx with the pterygopalatine fossa. It transmits the pharyngeal branch of the third part of the maxillary artery (not to be confused with the ascending pharyngeal artery, a branch of external carotid). An inconstant vomerovaginal canal may lie between the ala of the vomer and the vaginal process of the sphenoid bone, medial to the palatovaginal canal, and lead into the anterior end of the palatovaginal canal.
Palatovaginal canal
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Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Pharyngeal canal labeled at right, tenth label from the top.)
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Identifiers
Latin
c. pharyngeus, c. palatovaginalis
TA98
A02.1.00.064
TA2
466
FMA
54372
Anatomical terminology