palatovaginal canal

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| Name = Palatovaginal canal

| Latin = canalis palatovaginalis, canalis pharyngeus

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| Caption = Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Pharyngeal canal labeled at right, tenth label from the top.)

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}}The palatovaginal canal (also pharyngeal canal) is a small canal formed between the sphenoidal process of palatine bone, and vaginal process of sphenoid bone.{{Cite book |last=Sinnatamby |first=Chummy S. |title=Last's Anatomy |vauthors= |publisher= |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-7295-3752-0 |edition=12th |pages=}}{{Rp|page=508}} It connects the pterygopalatine fossa and{{Rp|page=370}} and nasal cavity.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} It transmits the pharyngeal nerve (pharyngeal branch of maxillary nerve), and the pharyngeal branch of maxillary artery.{{Rp|page=508}}

Anatomy

Its proximal opening is situated inferoposteriorly in the pterygopalatine fossa.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

Its distal opening is situated in the nasal cavity at the root of the pterygoid process near the lateral margin of the ala of vomer.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

= Variation =

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.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}

= Contents =

The pharyngeal branch of the maxillary artery supplies the nasopharynx,{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} posterior part of the roof of the nasal cavity, sphenoid sinus, and pharyngotympanic tube.{{Citation |last=Gofur |first=Ekramul M. |title=Anatomy, Head and Neck: Internal Maxillary Arteries |date=2023 |url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542301/ |work=StatPearls |access-date=2023-07-28 |place=Treasure Island (FL) |publisher=StatPearls Publishing |pmid=31194441 |last2=Al Khalili |first2=Yasir}}

References

External links

{{cite journal |vauthors=Rumboldt Z, Castillo M, Smith JK |title=The palatovaginal canal: can it be identified on routine CT and MR imaging? |journal=AJR Am J Roentgenol |volume=179 |issue=1 |pages=267–72 |year=2002 |pmid=12076948 |doi= 10.2214/ajr.179.1.1790267|url=http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/pmidlookup?view=long&pmid=12076948|url-access=subscription }}

Category:Musculoskeletal system