Carotid Canal

The carotid canal is the bony canal of the internal carotid artery , which opens into the middle cranial fossa ( fossa cranii media ) and thus serves as a gateway into the skull for the artery . The carotid canal is formed by the medial part of the temporal bone ( pars petrosa ossis temporalis ), which is part of the temporal bone ( os temporale ).

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