See Also: nerve of pterygoid canal(medicine)
pterygoid canal(medicine)
artery of pterygoid canal(medicine)
vein of pterygoid canal(medicine)
pharyngeal branch of the artery of pterygoid canal(medicine)
pterygoid nerve(medicine)
communicating branch of otic ganglion with medial pterygoid nerve(medicine)
Nerve canal(health)
hiatus of canal of lesser petrosal nerve(medicine)
hiatus of canal for greater petrosal nerve(medicine)

cast(2) (iou) and nerve of pterygoid canal (medicine)


cast(2) (iou)



cast ppl adjective. [kɑ:st] LME.
[pa. pple of CAST verb.]
That has been cast.
Special collocations & comb.: cast-for-age adjective (Austral. & NZ) (of a sheep) disposed of because too old. cast iron a hard alloy of iron, carbon (in greater proportion than in steel), and silicon, cast in a mould (malleable cast iron: see MALLEABLE 1). cast-iron adjective made of cast iron; fig. hard, unchangeable, impregnable. cast steel steel made by melting and casting blister steel. See also CASTAWAY, CAST-OFF.

nerve of pterygoid canal (medicine)


nerve of pterygoid canal


The nerve constituting the parasympathetic and sympathetic root of the pterygopalatine ganglion; it is formed in the region of the foramen lacerum by the union of the greater superficial petrosal and the deep petrosal nerves, and runs through the pterygoid canal to the pterygopalatine fossa.

Synonym: nervus canalis pterygoidei, radix facialis, facial root, vidian nerve.