Palatovaginal canal

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Palatovaginal canal
Base of skull. Inferior surface. (Pharyngeal canal labeled at right, tenth label from the top.)
Latin c. pharyngeus, c. palatovaginalis
Gray's subject #46 180
Dorlands/Elsevier c_04/12208776

The palatovaginal canal (also pharyngeal canal) is a canal between the sphenoid bone and the palatine bone that connects the nasal cavity with the pterygopalatine fossa.

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The opening to the palatovaginal canal in the nasal cavity is located near the lateral margin of the ala of the vomer, at the roots of the pterygoid process.

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