See Also: Wilde's triangle(medicine)
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vidian(medicine)
vidian vein(medicine)
Wilde, Sir William(medicine)
Wilde's cords(medicine)
Wilde, Oscar(dictionary)
vidian nerve(medicine)
vidian canal(medicine)
vidian artery(medicine)

vidian nerve (medicine) and Wilde's triangle (medicine)


vidian nerve (medicine)


vidian nerve -->
nerve of pterygoid canal


The nerve constituting the parasympathetic and sympathetic root of the pterygopalatine ganglion; it is formed in the region of the foramen lacerum by the union of the greater superficial petrosal and the deep petrosal nerves, and runs through the pterygoid canal to the pterygopalatine fossa.

Synonym: nervus canalis pterygoidei, radix facialis, facial root, vidian nerve.


Wilde's triangle (medicine)


Wilde's triangle -->
pyramid of light


A triangular area at the anterior inferior part of the tympanic membrane, running from the umbo to the periphery, where there is seen a bright reflection of light.

Synonym: cone of light, light reflex, Politzer's luminous cone, red reflex, Wilde's triangle.

Malacarne's pyramid, a lobule on the undersurface of the cerebellum, the posterior portion of the vermis.