vein of pterygoid canal
(redirected from vidian vein)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 vein
vein 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 canal
vidian 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 canal
vidian nerve - the nerve constituting the parasympathetic and sympathetic root of the pterygopalatine ganglion. Synonym(s): nerve of pterygoid canal
vidian 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