NasalRegion
1
OrientationofNervesandVesselsoftheCranialBase
Plate55

Ascending pharyngeal artery
C1
Ophthalmic artery
Ciliary ganglion
Optic nerve (II)
Maxillary nerve
Sphenoidal sinus
Maxillary ostium
Infra-orbital nerve
Pterygopalatine ganglion
Maxillary artery
Maxillary sinus
Right medial
pterygoid plate
Descending
palatine artery
Greater and lesser palatine arteries and nerves
Internal carotid artery (cerebral part)
Abducent nerve (VI)
Ophthalmic nerve
Artery and nerve of pterygoid canal
Oculomotor nerve (III)
Internal carotid artery (cavernous part)
Trochlear nerve (IV)
Superior petrosal sinus
Trigeminal nerve (V)
Greater petrosal nerve
Common carotid artery
External carotid artery
Internal carotid artery
Internal jugular vein
Vagus nerve (X)
Hypoglossal nerve (XII)
Glossopharyngeal nerve (IX)
Superior cervical ganglion
Accessory nerve (XI)
Inferior ganglion
of vagus nerve
Inferior ganglion of
glossopharyngeal nerve
Internal carotid nerve
and sympathetic plexus
Mastoid cells
Inferior tympanic artery
and tympanic nerve
Facial nerve (VII)
Sigmoid
sinus
Anterior semicircular canal
Cochlea
Internal carotid artery
(petrosal part) and venous plexus
Stapedius
See±also±
Plates 105, 132, 137
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