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 for greater petrosal nerve(medicine)
hiatus of canal of lesser petrosal nerve(medicine)

terminator (iou) and nerve of pterygoid canal (medicine)


terminator (iou)



terminator noun. L18.
[In sense 1 mod. spec. use of late Latin terminator; in senses 2, 3 from TERMINATE verb, TERMINATION + -OR.]
Astronomy. The line of separation between the illuminated and unilluminated parts of the visible disc of the moon or a planet. L18.
gen. A person who or thing which terminates something. M19.
Biochemistry. A sequence of polynucleotides that causes transcription to end, resulting in the release of the newly synthesized nucleic acid from the template molecule. M20.

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.