Carotid canal

As carotid canal is the bony canal of the internal carotid artery called, which in the middle cranial fossa ( fossa media ) opens the artery and thus serves as a gateway into the skull. The carotid canal is formed by the medial part of the temporal bone ( petrous temporal ossis ), which is part of the temporal bone ( temporal bone ) is.

Swell

• Ulrike Bommas, Philipp Teubner, Rainer Voß: Anatomy and Embryology - Kurzlehrbuch, Thieme, 2nd edition 2006 ( ISBN 978-3-131-35532-4 )