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Anatomy Atlases: Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems: Foramen Vasalii

Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation: Opus V: Skeletal Systems

Foramen Vasalii

Ronald A. Bergman, PhD
Adel K. Afifi, MD, MS
Ryosuke Miyauchi, MD

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed


First described by Andreas Vesalius, this rare foramen in the sphenoid bone transmits a vein (vein of Vesalius) from the cavernous sinus to the pterygoid plexus.

From Jackson, C.M., Ed. Morris' Human Anatomy, Section III: Osteology, by R.J. Terry, P. Blakiston's Son & Co., Philadelphia, 1923.

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