Foramen ovale (skull)
On the skull , foramen ovale ( foramen , Latin : "hole") denotes an opening in the area of the temporal bone pyramidal edge for the passage of the mandibular nerve ( lower jaw nerve ), the 3rd main branch of the 5th cranial nerve , trigeminal nerve ( see also sphenoid bone ). In addition, the foramen ovale contains the plexus venosus foraminis ovalis and the arteria pterygomeningea .
literature
- Pschyrembel - Clinical Dictionary. 256th edition edited under the direction of Christoph Zink. De Gruyter, Berlin - New York 1990, ISBN 3-11-010881-X
