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Meaning of pterygoid canal | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An anteroposterior canal in the base of each medial pterygoid plate of the sphenoid bone that gives passage to the Vidian artery and the Vidian nerve.

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

pterygoid muscle pterygoid nerve pterygoid plate pterygoid process pterygomandibular raphe pterygomaxillary fissure

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